Dear Descartes: Creativity
By Ada Aharoni
Dear Descartes, not only
"I think, therefore I am,"
But mostly,
"I create therefore I am."
I am me for having given birth
To my offspring, my oeuvre,
Vibrating sharp, exciting life sparks
In every cell, every branch,
every breath,
every entwined root of my being.
Dear Descartes, listen,
wherever you are,
I'm a woman, I'm a mother,
I'm a poet, I'm a writer,
I'm the mother of "poetas" -
Therefore, for me it can only be:
"I create, therefore I am."