I remember
On that day
You told me
Us was forever
Yet now we stand
Years later
More Apart
Than the sun and stars
......
I was once in thrall to the infamous myth
Of the artiste souffrant,
But I’ve come ultimately to see it
As the cruellest of delusions.
But could it not be said
That it’s still among us,
That malefic notion
That the artist is a spirit set apart
For some special purpose,
Of which pain is an essential component?
......
Trying to check my email today
I sit at my computer when I
Suddenly feel shards and rays
Up from my feet sharply pry
I rush for my pills to stop the awash
Of pain that I had not expected
It came on so fast that I was tossed
Into agony so deep it was never suspected
......
Trying to check my email today
I sit at my computer when I
Suddenly feel shards and rays
Up from my feet sharply pry
I rush for my pills to stop the awash
Of pain that I had not expected
It came on so fast that I was tossed
Into agony so deep it was never suspected
......
I was once in thrall to the infamous myth
Of the artiste souffrant,
But I’ve come ultimately to see it
As the cruellest of delusions.
But could it not be said
That it’s still among us,
That malefic notion
That the artist is a spirit set apart
For some special purpose,
Of which pain is an essential component?
......
I remember
On that day
You told me
Us was forever
Yet now we stand
Years later
More Apart
Than the sun and stars
......