The Creative Process

Somewhere deep in the inner caverns of the brain

neurons are stirring and activity seems to be of the making.

Signals to synapses are tested to determine receptivity.

Chemicals arouse and flood cranial cavities.

Blurred images begin to form but are to dim to distinguish.

Colors flash as if some giant storm could be forthcoming.

Neurotransmitters wrapped in synaptic vesicles

 fire off warning signals awakening sleeping dendrites.

A wave of electrochemical excitation pulses through the brain.

 Messages are relayed to all senses to standby.

Molecules respond by opening nearby ion channels.

Infinitesimal sparks and whiffs of smoke increase in number.

The eyes, still closed, begin to flutter as if struggling to open.

Fingertips twitch slightly as electrical impulses arrive.

Inner images are now clearer and begin to bond.

The hand moves slowly to the nearby pen

finally grasping it as if desperate to begin.

Markings now appear on the tablet in rapid succession.

The brain is engaging now throttling up to speed.

Words take form and create lines, one after the other.

    Noradrenalin and endorphins bring the mind to a critical frenzy.

Finally in a climax of the postsynaptic cell membrane.

The mind gives birth to an embryonic but exquisite poem  

The creative process begins to subside

 Order once again returns to the chambers of the mind  

And the poet rests

©Copyright 2009 Charlie Gragg