Ready!

The pain is gone and 
I am ready to write about 
everything beyond the fear,

ready to bite into the 
muscle and bone 
of the world,

to put away the dagger phrase,
all the losses of my life,
ready to live in hope’s recesses.

I am poet enough to 
make you taste 
this hidden fruit,

see beyond all 
the sutured sunsets 
of existence.

It will not be all 
kisses and music, but  
it will be terribly beautiful!