Literality

by Michael LaRocca

Here one sits.

Thoughts race through their mind.

There is a desire to create;

the fingers begin to move.

Sounds, sights, tastes form

into what one can believe is valuable,

or not.

They are released-

those senses-

into the world.

Praised or criticized,

they are never enough.

One can always be better,

but that chase 

will never end.

The quest for greatness.