you do not create
because you are afraid of the eyes that will see it—
even your own.
except,
you think about it all the time
you can think about what you would want 
to say
what image you would want to trace on the empty page,

you do not create because you are afraid
and you are afraid because you do not create

they say that if you do not believe what you are doing
that no one will,

you do not create,
and you let them down

and you are not gifted at much else
than doing what you are told
and making art.

though, to revise the last line-
at wanting to make art.

and then, You say,
just make it
what is the worst thing that'll happen?

JG