Life is Short

We all of us have
within us
the desire
to create

something.

Whether that
creation is of material form
or of relationships
which cannot be held in
the hands
but are held in the
heart

Or of the self-- a creation of the
highest order
we all want to create

something.

We need to
make ourselves
heard/seen/felt.
We need to know

that we were here.
That our existence
had meaning

If we go too long without
creating
or without recognition
for those
creations

we begin to feel dead inside

Maybe this is only applicable to
the "creative types"

But I think it is
the human condition.

To want to leave behind something
in this world
when our material form
departs.

Upon going too many months
or years or days
or seconds
without feeling that
spark of creation

we might suddenly feel that
Life is too Short.
What did we,
in fact, do with all our time here?

What then,
to do about it?
What will you do with
the creative spark that
lives within you?
What will you leave
behind

when your soul
departs this
blessed hemisphere
and blasts off
into
the next one?

What will you do with
that book
that song
that record
that painting
that symphony
that poem
that meditation
that dance

that is currently
brewingbubblingboiling up inside of
your soul
crying to get out?

What is your soul
song?
How are you allowing
or disallowing
its expression?

Is your creation
a trip
to far away places?
Is it your ability to
bridge gaps between
people?
Is it in your work?

Whatever you're doing,
are you quite sure that
it's the best use of your
time on this earth?

If it's not,
when will you wake up?