Splendid Is The Flower

 

if I make something beautiful

will you gently touch it

with your perspective

or will you taint it

with a vengeful critics tongue

 

am I qualified

to judge you

either way

 

if I make something beautiful

will you take the time

to kiss it with your praise

or will you rip it to shreds

with your own experience

 

are you qualified

to judge me

either way

 

the blinking cursor

hesitates on the next line

and wonders if it’s worth

going on

 

what follows

is born of doubt

 

if I make something beautiful

is it for you or me

is it my penance

or your crusade

 

do the words deserve to live

or should I stifle them

for fear of ridicule

revilement or rejection

 

so many questions

 

I admit

I don’t know

 

but

fellow weaver of words

I weep for the fact

that neither do you