1. Think of some story you have needed to tell for a long time now.
2. If it’s time, tell it without lying to us, or to yourself.
3. Take us into the place only you know about.
4. Violate a taboo or two along the way.
5. Destroy the deserving. Leave the innocents intact.
6. Insist that we retrieve our childhood awe and wonder.
7. Bring us to our knees with gratitude.
8. Raise us from the dead.
9. Repeat, as often as necessary.
10. Forgive us, if we fail to notice you have done this.
Art credit: Minnie Evans, self-taught, South Carolina
