How do you see yourself?
That makes a difference.
It helps, I have found out,
Not to think of yourself as a writer.
Writing is what you do with who you are.
See yourself as an artist,
Who notices beauty and grief,
And mystery,
Ever more deeply, more completely,
With increasing joy and pain.
Writing is how you share,
Who you are and are becoming.
A gift you must offer not always taken.
But always accepted,
By the hand hollowing, hallowing,
Your soul.
