Enthusiastically, Dawn

January fourth, I packed up my bag, journals, pens and Tablet, headed to a local coffee shop determined to focus and write…preferably simultaneously.  Snow flurries fell outside as I sipped my hot brewed inspiration anticipating a multitude of epiphanies. I was hoping to muster up at least a few sentences.

Unfortunately, a gentleman set himself up beside me with his laptop, and the minute he plugged in, somehow, my own internet connection was impacted. It was mysterious, odd and a tad bit frustrating. Naturally, I turned to poetry. Because what’s a girl to do when the devil shows up at the coffee shop. But, that wasn’t the end of the story…

Devil in the Cafe

Sitting in the Cafe
pondering
life while
Sipping Latte-

the devil makes his way
to the table beside me

No cape, horns
yet I sense the appetite
in this apprentice
of darkness

he sets himself to tapping
away on his laptop
disrupting my connection

Closing my Tablet
I shield my heart-

Angelic swordsman
stands invisible
at my side
at the ready.

Let this cafe devil
have his tiny victory
for the war
has been won.

I stand with an eternal army-
strong, confident in life,
victorious in death.

After I penned the poem, I shared it with the very talented Marisol McKee. Knowing her work, and from our contact and communication in groups, I felt she would be able to conjure up something most reflective of the incident I captured in words. Either that or I figured she’d think I was a loony bird. I was willing to risk it- and I am so overjoyed I did! She agreed, and through the winter months, snowy days and slow going steps of layer upon layer, sketch upon sketch and all sorts of processes all creatives go through, produced a powerful piece revealing another expression of the event in the Coffee Shop.

Since both of us have been on a Social Media break, she was sure to send me progress pictures and reports through the whole process. It was inspiring and quite fascinating, to this word girl, watching the steps from the first layer of paint, to the end result.

Marisol, has the piece up on Fine Art America and prints, greeting cards and even tote bags are available for purchase. I am excited, thrilled, honored and proud to have been able to share in this endeavor with my fellow creative, Marisol McKee.