PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

a mural to his great inner vision
was the body of his work
a lovely wide range of tattoos
depicting the many fractures and deeply lined
crevices of beauty inspired in his mind
images captured
much like viewing a shattered mirror upon the floor
of the Louvre at 'Midday In Summer'
for whatever it was that made him broken
also made his art even more so genius
and in such beautiful singular expression
his paint gave to the common man in the street
the love of his very own soul
so painfully stroked across broad naked canvases
likely purchased with, of all things
his prostitute lover's earnings
which evokes in the judgmental mind
the image of true art on the sly
every stroke of near violent genius
residuals of a tortured syphilis bathed mind
the earth and all her wounded treasures
lay like a banquet before his artisan's hunger
to sample from and feast
he breathed as an enigma to even his own kin
his rock Theo, lovingly questioned and patiently
listened yet never for long wavered
in his acceptance of his obsessed brother
dearest Vincent,
your world had no idea at the time
just whom she so foolishly shunned
but thankfully in the years that have passed
since your tragic demise
she wised up
now her inhabitants bow humbled before you
that vicious cycle at last has closed
to finally offer up its long since past due
you live on
ever remembered more
starting with that one so starry, starry night.......
(written Dec 9,2004 730am)