Inspiration

Inspiration

This is why the artist struggles;
To make every unsuccessful attempt into artistic triumph.
This is how we turn this life around.
This is how we rock the world.
Give me some lemons,
I’ll make the best lemonade to ever quench your mouth of lies.

Look at us with doubt and shame
So we can turn it into fame.
Give us a love that’s unrequited
So I can write a poem just to spite it.

I can make rhymes about a life filled with woe.
I can play a melody that thunders to drown out the anger.
Give us all that we deserve.
We’ll put the credit where it’s due.

All you dream haters and hope shooters bread another Shakespeare
To make a theatre out of your multi-million dollar establishment.
You wanna take away a neighborhood?
We’ll give it back with a house of catharsis.

We’re not down and out, we are in a world of muses.
You’re just too blind to see how incredible our world is.
We are united. We understand.
We sweat and bleed to tell the truth.

You can’t stand us, but you love us too.
You want to be us, brave and fighting for the dream.
In the meantime, keep up the good work.
I’d like to thank you again for your generous contributions.
Sincerely, the artist you dismissed.