Why Should I
There are two points in every life
that is in the artist life
the point where the painting and words and music
and the person
are asking why
with a fire unlike any fire
and a point
where the artist or writer or musician
and person
is asking
why should I?
why should I?
I beat my primordial head
on this stone in this cave
why am I not hunting the elk
instead of scratching with this
blunt burnt stick
until my hands are worn
and I beat on this stone with these hands
and this stick.
“Oh you have drawn the elk
we saw him this morning
but wasn’t his leg longer
and his horn had more points.”
what I saw
what I saw
what I saw
I do not understand
I cannot understand
Why should I?
david michael jackson
Maybe if you just express those moments they won’t stand in the way of the bigger why. Maybe. We’ll see.