Open Heart Open Mic

Tomorrow will be my first featured event. I will be given the position of a featured artist in front of a small crowd (possibly larger depending on who shows up). I can’t say that I’m not nervous, but I have been prepared for this month for quite some time. It has been a strange yet satisfying year, with the market shifting and me returning to my passion for poetry. I was able to write and write until I could not write; and now I have two million plus words edited, thanks to Grammarly! The only thing holding me back is myself, my will, and my financial obligations that are rearing their ugly head back to me.

I have slain the debt dragon before, and this time things are different. I have more experience in various fields and I am more outspoken, yet for me to live in this functioning society I will need a steady stream of income. My solution to this upcoming dilemma was to find another job, and as interviews have been conducted, my passion and drive for poetry have also grown. The two paths are intersecting but poetry has been more favorable and promising at this moment (not for the value it brings, but also based on the rejects the work interviews have given me). It’s as if God or a supreme being or a higher power is telling me to stay the course of poetry and not look back. Is that you Bukowski?

I do not have all the answers, but I am ready for tomorrow’s event and pray that it leads me in the right direction in my ephemeral life.

Take care,

Kunthon