Definition

muse

/myo͞oz/

verb

1. to weave beauty and warp pain into true lines; to weft through life riddles towards a si ne qua non. 

2. to ensnare interminably one's prey.

3. to teeter on the perilous edge of fantasy and oblivion. 

NaPoWriMo 2016 #28

Prompt from Creating Space For Poetry, Making Room For Humanity | Kevin Kantor | TEDxClaremontColleges (14:15 through 15:30).

Si ne qua non - an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential