Well you know, our lives influence everything.
It’s not just the work.
It’s not just the words.
It’s our entire lives—
how we dedicate our life in this world.
How we write our life on the pages of time,
the time we have allotted—whether it’s 30 years, or 68 years, 100, or 12, or whatever the number is,
how we give our life.
And in that time we write, we sing, we dance,
we speak, we meditate, we pray, we draw, we have a barbecue, watch television.
So the answer is everything affects everything.
And yes indeed, a poem can bring about radical change,
but it’s different than changing the levers of society.
It’s more like reading your poem, or writing your poem, or sharing your poem—sharing your voice.
Maybe you share it for a minute, and in that minute someone may be listening;
and in that minute we both are changing.
And perhaps that’s the change we’re seeking—it’s personal, intimate, and momentary. Small moments.
