On Cracking Open A Walnut Shell Comments

Yes. the poet's (artist's I would argue) lament. Please be a lawyer, an accountant, a cook, dishwasher, carpenter (at least you'd have a hammer) teacher, dentist - ANYTHING but a poet. Ha.

A intense poem of self discovery, though at times sad and desperate in this quest, ends with a wide spectrum of insight in that only we can make ourselves whole. I particularly liked the image of the Italian Monastery.