Jim Yates

The Muse

How long does it take

For the inspiration of a muse

to disappear

Once she has departed

From your life to another shore?

Does it evaporate

The moment she says adieu?

Does it take a month

A year

Or does it disappear forever

Or does it never go away?

 

Do you look from your studio

Across the Paris skyline

And cry for her return,

Or ask the Gods of Art 

To  find and return her

To inspire you once more

Or will they say

You\'ve had your time

And your day

And your muse has gone

Gone forever

Never to return.

You must carry on and find your dream

In another kind of reality.