Void

I am a minstrel
And I am singing my poem
That weeps of your tragedy
A doleful monody
A dirge that might as well be mine 

I am a painter
And I am painting your face
Such beautiful face
Such waste
Such grief
There is not much that I can do
about your lifeless stare 

I am a sculptor
And I am sculpting your soul
There is nothing I can do
about your misspent body
What beautiful body
What refuse
What absurdity 

I am your Sappho
I am your Raphael
I am your Michelangelo
But not much that I can do
to fill the void
in you blank, helpless stare
In your silent cry
In your slaughtered dreams 

You are my composition
You are my masterpiece
You are my monument
But not much that you can do
to console my artistic ruin 

My quill, my brush, my clay
Consumed by the pointlessness of being;
the cruelty of brevity
Weary of trying to please
and court immortality

~ by arminnehaha on August 22, 2007.