Welcome to the dance.

It is not for everyone.

You have to be strong.

 

You show your writing,

if you dare, persuade your Muse

to show herself too.

 

Open up a vein -

prepare to bleed on the page

giving Birth or Death.

 

There will be no truce,

not for you nor for your work.

Nor will blood congeal

 

Till veins are empty,

mind and body drained away

energy all spent.

 

This is not your choice

but rather the path chosen

for you to enact.

 

So join if you dare.

There will be no going back.

Welcome to the Dance.