Odyssey

You don't have
to be bright to write
just be bold enough to jump
into the sea of words
and surf in every tide-
with every intake of breath
ideas will arise
to your skin they'll stick
every sentence will be right-

the unknown
you should explore
leave behind
your self-imposed mind
mangle the shut gate
let the imagination
leap to its very height -

be the instrument
of wonder and change
be unafraid of assuming
the robe of a Promethean
even if tradition and mores
you need to defy-

you'll have overcome yourself
as you calmly step
into the lonely last night
as the trailblazing bearer
of truth and light
all doubts abandoned
nothing stands as blight:
this is your life's epiphany
and the most sublime words then
you will ecstatically craft and write