NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 26

The Gamble

Creation is hard.
It never comes easy,
except when it does,
when words bubble up
and beg to be written
you cannot ignore them.

You ride on their current
without knowing where
they come from, or where
they will take you.

To make something new
in this world
is risky.
The fire you light
may consume you,
or hiss into nothing.

Those are the outcomes
that none can predict,
the gamble that no one can call:
to trust your instinct,
or blow out the fire.

Linda Rushby 26 April 2021