My art teacher once said:
“Don’t fall in love with artists.
They are broken. They are misunderstood.
They’d color your life with all the brightest colors,
Then they’ll bring you thunderstorms and rain,
They’d bring you pain, suffering and disaster,
Then they’ll bring you flowers and sunshine.
They’re too dark, they’re too pure,
They’re too raw or just insecure.
Their souls are crushed, their minds are crowded
They’d smile while burying you alive
They’d laugh while waving their last goodbye.”
She said:
“Be careful when you paint, be careful when you write, focus on your thoughts, don’t let them tear you apart.
You know even the smallest mistake can mess everything up.”
Same thing with people.
Don’t run into love if you’ve never been loved,
It’ll break your heart too soon,
Don’t think your loved one will wait for you forever
If you keep on changing your mind,
Your dearly beloved will find his soulmate
And all the things you’ve done for him,
all the words you’ve said,
Will feel like they never even existed.
Oh, darling, a love you’ve never had will break your heart more than any shitty lover could.
Be passionate, be artistic, be raw
Love forever, kiss like never, die together.
She said:
“When you write, be exciting, be raw, make one sentence long, next one short, make them sound fast, make the reader’s breath stop.”
Same thing with life.
Live your life like a movie,
Talk like a poem,
Think like a book,
Make your life a story worth telling,
Make your life a book worth selling,
Make your life a poem worth listening.
But I never listened…
I made my life a movie - but a movie you’d never watch,
I talked like a poem - but like a shitty one
I thought like I was writing a book - but not the good one.
My art teacher said:
“Don’t fall in love with artists,
They’re toxic, they’re like a grenade,
They’re dying inside,
They got feelings they can’t hide,
They cry and can’t sleep at night.”
I laughed.
That wasn’t only the lover I wanted to have,
That was also the person I wanted to become.
So I worked on myself, I worked on my art,
I worked day and night,
And few years later, i’m better at making art
But I fell apart
And I still can’t sleep at night.
I started looking for my soulmate
A guy or a girl who could heal my wounds and my broken bones,
Someone who’d love like there’s no tomorrow.
I fell in love with an artist,
And i bought one way ticket to disaster,
Bought one way ticket to suicide of my own mind,
Yeah, i buried myself alive.
Don’t fall in love with artists // excerpt from a book i’ll never write #4 (via killedyourdarlings)