The Arena

The arena surrounds you, like it or not

Seems all eyes are upon you, but they aren’t

Your 360 degrees of self-critique is all that’s here

All else is a culmination of grandiose illusions

Fanned by fandom and influencer hype

Nobody cares what you’re doing

So do it more

Wildly

Unbashfully

Disgracefully

Fling open the doors of decorum and stomp into the arena

Loud and proud

Silent and shroud’d in mystery

Announce to the emptiness i AM

 All

Enough

 for now and ever

The arena pays your bills

fuels your spirit

Or

Both if you have that kind of fortune

Arenas seem scary when you are outside hearing the screams

But inner screams are more meaningful and frightening

For they awaken you from a slumber

To find yourself already arrived

Dead center of the life you did and did not create

So grab the arena by the doors

Open them wide 

Step in and make it yours