Are You Afraid

Are you afraid to show yourself

The truth of you within

If you're afraid to let it out

Don't pick up brush or pen

The danger's real, of consequence

Interpretation rife

One can't create his opus mag

And not expose his life

No two can see most anything

And feel the same at all

Each will choose a medium

To answer Muse's call

Though paint or wood or sculpting clay

Are inert in themselves

They take on spirit from the hands

That took them from the shelves

Glass and metal, stone or words

When put together well

Express the heart inside the art

No other mind could tell

The body of a persons work

Will form a growing read

Of what he is and who she loves

And how we deal with need

Experience has shown of late

Creative urges strong

Expressing truth is dangerous

But truth is never wrong

Test the limits of your fear

Shout out or step aside

The truest part of you will out

So show yourself with pride

Richard Higley © June 2012