If you’ve an artist in your life,
be they poet, painter, dancer, or designer,
validate them.
Praise them without ambiguity.
Pre-emptively clarify confusing compliments.
Hug them after they show you their creations,
because it’s then that they are most vulnerable.
Having shared their soul,
they stand before you raw,
silently begging for acceptance,
desperately hoping that they’ve done enough.
This poem is inspired by the book How To Write Evocative Poetry
Zachary Phillips is a counselor, coach, meditation instructor, author, and poet. He helps entrepreneurs, spiritualists, and survivors identify and release the limiting beliefs that no longer serve. With compassion and insight, he supports them as they navigate dark nights of the soul and find peace, guiding them from surviving to passionately thriving using tips, tools, and techniques that enable them to process the past, accept the present, and embrace the future with positivity and purpose. Zachary is also a qualified teacher, personal trainer, Reiki master, and is currently studying a Master of Counseling.
