I have something to say
As has anyone who's
ever made
Anything worth enjoying
Nobody can destroy it
Left unchecked it mutates
Bleeding desperation
to create
Collapses me like a star
Sickness inside my heart
Whenever I fear death I
think of that which I
would fear much more
Never dying is that what
you all are striving for
I leave a stream
of greenery in every
path I walk
Chased by a monster
of a thousand voices
that always wants
One more
Please don't ever
take it from me
Changes the colour of
the air that I breathe
In grief's fertile land
The space in between
clapping hands
They say it'll pass
I used to pray
that it would
But its absence never
brought anything good
I wake in the morning
Do all of my chores then
Of thinking in silence
And drinking sweet wine
Putting my mind
somewhere outside
Where it can
feel the sun
Maybe it'll connect
with someone
The world's the world
And I'm a person in
a tiny body
I vow to live
I won't let fear be
anything that stops me
I'm not a violent
person but I make things
with aggression
I'm not a violent
person but my work
is one exception
I won't let you
take it from me
Changes the colour of
the air that I breathe
I wasn't always tortured
I made art long before then
I call into the void
until I lose my voice but
Sometimes a cry
reverberates back
A child with mud
caked hands
Or a prolific and
obsessive older man
I'd do it unpaid
unseen unthanked
It's worth more than
anything that I have
I won't let you
take it from me
Changes the colour of
the air that I breathe
I won't let you
take it from me
Changes the colour of
the air that I breathe
I won't let you
take it from me