Commission

You Arrive Here
with a
Commission.

A Light Being
with an
Artist’s Smock
of a Body,
Loaded with
a Heartful of
Brushes and Canvas,
Pens and Paper,
Dancing Shoes, and
an Orchestra’s Worth of
Instruments.

You Came
to Create
Your Soul,

with Which
to Entertain
Your Fellow Artists
in This
Theater
Built of
an Elements Chart of
a Rainbow’s Worth of
Love.

But,
My Dears,
We’ve Let
Our Fears
Sneak In
Through
a Backstage Door,

Where They
Insist
They Be Given
a Part.

But Fear
has No Place
Near
The Heart of
Your Art.

Just Smile and
Embrace It,
Let It Stay for
The Show,
but Insist on
Its Silence
or
You’ll Show It
The Door.

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