The Artist

The True Artist

Must be crazy

who is making a way for them?

they are the dreamers

the ones dreaming with open eyes

living the dreams

pre-digesting the raw substances of the void

for you to consume

weaving the dreams into a reality

you can become

The true artists are the ones 

who lose their minds,

let them disintegrate in the face of God

so that they are left with only this transmutable fabric

with no other strands of doubt to grasp,

they believe the dream

and they become the dream

they bring the dream through the weightless fizzing broth of ether

through the granules of the earth and the canopy of the sky

through the apertures of your eyes

leading into your soul

and out into the reflection that is your world;

they bring the dream to life

a dream you lose yourself in

until you find the other side of yourself

they resurrect something never born

don't trust the artist

or feel bad for her

but let the artist be

for the artists are the ones dreaming the dream

into waking life

-Laura Weber