I've Been Keeping Things From You

Hello all, I must apologize for my hesitancy to post my creative writing works.  I still don't like any of them and ironically, the first I've chosen to share is the most un poetic poem thing in the world.  The premise of the assignment was simply to write a poem the described a work of art.  Well I'm not very great at following rules so I changed it a little to suit my own fancy, I chose a work of art, that might be cliche, and decided to look not only at the art, but also the artist, in this case, Vincent Van Gogh, and the piece, A Starry Night.  This was not my first choice, my first choice was one of his self portraits, but I thought that too obvious, I preferred a larger jump hence, my decision.  And here is the "poem", I hope it finds you well and that you enjoy  it!

The Starry Night

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh

It is night 

the stars are out, 

covering the heavens 

with an etherial glow

The town below sits motionless in a valley

it is a quiet town, there is peace

and where there is peace, there is also beauty

Bad things tend toward other destinations, 

not here though, this town was peaceful,

This town was a dream

It would be hard to be so advanced,

ahead of your time,

You would stand out,

people would stay away

You were crazy, not brilliant

its enough to drive a person mad

its enough to drive a person to death 

The painting exposes the sorrow 

at the hand of the creator

The night sky simple, yet unique, 

a mirror of how he feels in his own world

lost because he is different

Artists feel everything, stroke by stroke

he wanted to fit in 

but alas his talent was born to stand out

A lot can be said for a Starry Night Sky,

A lot.