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I Am An Artist

By Ronni Cranston 
My nature is to see the world, not only for what it is
But for what it can be

My nature is to find beauty
Where others cannot
To tiptoe over the lopsided pavement like a gymnast on a beam
Hopscotch over used needles and extinguished joints
Cartwheel through the dumpster fire we call life
And stop every couple minutes to appreciate the way the embers glow
Floating up to chart constellations made invisible by smog

My nature is to imagine
To believe that if I want something
I can make it happen
To know that I can wish upon those embers like they’re really stars
And armed with flint and steel
I will face the night with them
And help them make my dreams come true

My nature is to feel rather than think
I feel like that’s worked well for me, and I think that I’m right to feel that way
Because thinking is an easy thing to overdo
So I’ve learned to trust my instincts
Because I know, as clumsy as I am, I’m going to fall
But I also know how to catch myself
And even if I fail to, I can pull myself to my feet like I have every other time

Why would I ever need to look before I leap?
I am not in the business of hesitation


Ronni Cranston is a student at PCC. She has been writing as a hobby since she was young enough to pick up a pen. Some of her bestsellers from her earlier years include the short stories “The Time I Met Mickey Mouse” and “Rattlesnake, Raccoon, Shark, and Me,” the latter of which she also illustrated. Nowadays, she’s more focused on visual artwork, but she still enjoys writing poetry and short stories in her free time. She primarily uses her writing to work out a lot of existentialism that she can’t adequately squeeze into a ninety-six-word biography.
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  • 2021 Feb Folio
    • 2021 Feb Folio Masthead
  • About
  • Feral Parrot : The Blog
  • Submissions
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Awards & Prizes
    • Handley Award Winners
    • 2019 Inscape Editor's Prizes
  • PCC Inscape Instagram
  • STAFF
    • Fall 2020 STAFF Q&A
    • staff-SPRING 2019
    • Staff-FALL 2019
    • Staff-SPRING 2018
    • Staff -FALL 2018
    • Staff -FALL 2017
  • Interviews
    • INT - Adrian Cepeda Poet of the Year 2019
    • INT-Visiting Writer Wendy Adamson FA2019
  • ONLINE ARCHIVE
    • 2020 Summer Folio
    • 2020 February Folio
    • 2019 Fall Folio
    • Celebrating Dia De Los Muertos
    • Issue On-7 2019SPR Mental Health Companion >
      • Issue Intro
    • ISSUE ON-6 2018FA Frankenstein Companion
    • Issue On-5 - 2018Su
    • Issue On-4 2018FA Spirituality
    • Issue ON-3 2017FA
    • Issue On-2 2016SPR
    • Issue ON-1 2016FA
    • Folio 2 - Moon Moon 2019
    • Folio 1 - Vote - 2018
  • PRINT ARCHIVE
    • Fall 2018 Print Issue - Frankenstein TOC
    • Fall 2017 Print Issue - Manifesto TOC