Weekly Vocab 26

1. inspiration
Whither the inspiration?

2. heaven
If I go up to the heavens, it is absent.

3. pit
If I descend into a pit, it is not there.

4. wing
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea...

5. to guide
even there I search for my muse to guide me.

6. nothing
I find nothing in its place.

7. creativity
My creativity fails me, and my inventiveness does not last.

8. miserable
I am become a miserable creature to behold, without originality, without
thought.

9. to succeed
I determine to succeed alone, without my muse's control.

10. beside
Achieving all I reach for alone, I see she has been beside me the whole time.

~wright