One word: art
I found a need to define
So I could answer, and
Clear my mind
Beauty, madness, pain, relief
Expressions of love,
Or lust
Or grief
What an unclear idea represented
Of a heart on a sleeve
All emotion presented
Maybe
An artist is not a profession
But a choice of a soul
All-consuming expression
Maybe, just maybe
We've got it all wrong
The purpose, the heart
Is not just to last long
And art
Is not just to be admired
The flames of which
Are the result of a fire:
Urgently expressed emotion
This notion that
We
Need
To create
And admiration comes
As a bonus to clean slates.
I found a need to define
So I could answer, and
Clear my mind
Beauty, madness, pain, relief
Expressions of love,
Or lust
Or grief
What an unclear idea represented
Of a heart on a sleeve
All emotion presented
Maybe
An artist is not a profession
But a choice of a soul
All-consuming expression
Maybe, just maybe
We've got it all wrong
The purpose, the heart
Is not just to last long
And art
Is not just to be admired
The flames of which
Are the result of a fire:
Urgently expressed emotion
This notion that
We
Need
To create
And admiration comes
As a bonus to clean slates.