My wonderful muse

who filled my life
with thoughts
and lovely chords

who opened new worlds
space and night-sky sightings
fishes swimming through the stars
beyond Tierra del Fuego
Jupiter and Mars

I think tiredly
of love lyrics
poetry
endurance

peace is better than talking back
mental health is more important

and here I lie on my little old single bed
in my room in the basement, and I
have nothing to do with explosions

and I sigh about poetry thoughts

I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly

as the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands

I understand, at last, what Sylvia Plath meant 

while I learn to have peace 

in myself

I am privileged
to have had such a wonderful muse
who showed me how to write

I am lucky to be talented and clever

to have collected so many resources

of literature, of music, of art

and to be able to read about knowledge

clear thinking

reason

and the truth

time takes care of loss
and now I take care of myself

I am honest
I like myself
I can live with myself
I always try to do most things right
I express myself with freedom in my work
I fall asleep with a clear conscience

and I do so like the tulips

and all the other flowers

🦋🌿

© Annora Eksteen, 2025

Still life, 2023