Tula't Mga Salita

Artist is the Art

An artist,
Bleeding his heart into the canvas
Carefully planning his masterpiece
Dutifully paying attention to every detail.

An artist is different from All
An artist creates
An artist puts Our thoughts
Thoughts and feelings that we were sure
Couldn't be put into shape
Couldn't be expressed or understood

An artist should bring those to life
And an artist has to get those thoughts from somewhere
an artist does not pull up and out
excruciatingly difficult and complex emotions out of nowhere.

The artist is the one who cries out with a pen,
The artist is the one who finds safety in a brush,
The artist is the one whose enemy is the blank spaces,
Because that's where there is uniformity and potential.

The artist is the one who retorts injustice,
The artist is the one who rips at the seams,
The artist is the one who screams at the world,
Because it seems no one will listen.

But never does that stop the artist,
For the artist is one of persistence,
A never-ending fire that burns inside,
A passion that will never die.

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