This Is What I Do

I don’t care what anybody thinks.
This is what I do.
I create.
I might be all over the place,
but this is what I do.
I make stuff out of nothing.

I string things together
that might have never belonged.
Now they’ve been connected
forever in art.
I don’t care whether you like it or not.
This is what I do.

There’s a spark in the darkness
that catches fire with a thought.
It’s an unruly beast
that is tamed by the mind,
beauty and sadness and chaos
all tied into one.

I don’t care what anybody says.
Criticize all you want.
This is what I do.
I create.
And there is no higher calling.
This is what I do.

Author: Dan Steven Erickson

Dan Steven Erickson is a great undiscovered American songwriter.