the captive muse

not until i have:
more money
more time
  more space
   more ideas
    more focus
     more clarity
      more support
       more courage
more love

and:
less clutter
less distraction
  less stress
   less self-doubt
    less anxiety
     less pain
less fear

- always more of this,
or less of that...

excuses, all...

crippled, bound and gagged,
my muse stares at me

watching and waiting,
with eyes that say,

"if not now, when?"