I Am Muse Poem by Helen Crutchett

I am Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile
Miriam, discovering Moses in the bullrushes
Sarah birthing her longed-for child in a Bedouin tent
I am a princess locked in her ivory tower
Elizabeth reading Browning's love sonnets
Florence Nightingale, tending to her beloved soldiers.

I am Helen of Troy, who launched a thousand ships.
Gaia, Earth Mother suckling her needy children
Dementor of the Bountiful Harvest
Persephone innocent maiden, Queen of the underworld.
Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty
Selene, riding her chariot across the heavens

I rise from the ashes and fly with the Phoenix Bird
I am an angel mostly, a devil sometimes
Running with the wolves at full moon
I can be a lamb or a tigress, meek or strong
Saint or sinner, you decide.
I can be all these things and more

I am Muse to with what you will ~

Helen Crutchett