Today

I need a blank canvas 

an empty page 

a song not yet written

I need nothingness and potential for everything

I need a rose and a cigarette and a new tattoo

I need crows and bourbon

Do not tell me anything

I do not want to listen

I need sun and flowers and dirt

I need new boots and 

I need to know you are ok

I need the world to stop and never end

Do not set yourself on fire

I need to be a pebble at rest at the bottom of a river

I need black paint and a broad brush 

Today I need

Another song

Another story

Another canvas