Six-Legged Saviors

“Creative Reminder: There are seasons for making the thing and seasons for becoming the person who can make the thing.”

—Kate Van Horn

It’s been a long while since I’ve written a new poem. I have been scribbling words on the page, but nothing has made its way out of my notebook.

I have been sitting with, working with, asking questions of the below poem for the last couple of days, and it tells me it’s ready to be shared.

I suspect that the above quote by Kate Van Horn has something to do with this poem emerging.

It seems the moment I gave myself permission not to need to make a thing, a thing got made.

So, here it is.

The messy human in me bows to the messy human in you,

Julia 💓

Should I stay silent until
I find words good enough,
true enough?
Or, should I begin here
with the crickets steeping
the evening with song—
a song no one asked for.
Oh, how their chorus quiets
the chirp chirp chirping
in me.
Six-legged ones
making music
with their own wings.
Have they ever once wondered
if the moment
is worthy of song?

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