Prayer

To find my strength in music and myself
To wear a dignified heart on my sleeve
To love my child without reservations and frustrations
To conquer addiction and irritability
To weave stories and string poetry
Around a life not wasted
In endless rebound.

Guess What!

Suddenly I have a muse
Poetry is bubbling out of me
Sparkly like champagne
Delicious and heady!

Like a childhood crush
Completely inappropriate
For a woman grown
I have a little muse of my own!

She is recalcitrant and surly
Unsmiling and dour
Yet I love my little muse
I write a poem every hour!