TSOAK:WCMG

[ACTIVATE SELF]

The Story Of A Kook

My soul is tired and my bones ache
Cold lonely nights I spend wide awake
Going insane with a straight face ...
Is kind of like solitary confinement
With no breaks -- prison escapes ...
Is all I think about, but I'm in no cage
In a total state of agony, but I feel no pain
If Doc diagnosed me crazy today, I'd be OKAY
I'd watch the pieces fall in place ...
Then implement change at a slow pace

Kind of play it by ear ya know?
It wouldn't be so lonely ...
If I could hear the ghost ...
I know that's weird for most
But I spent 7 years alone ...
Just because my mirror broke
So far as spirits go ...
I try my best to keep ' em close!


I guess that's schizophrenic tho ...

But I don't care to live remote
Or swim around like fish in bowls
Surviving off a chicken bone ...
That grants me wishes, gifts, and gold

Suppose that's superstitious ...

But I don't really give a DAMN!
"... can't see the forest for the trees"
When stranded in the desert sand ...

Granted I take medicine to focus when I'm scrambblin'
Readin' body language tryna pass their head exam ...
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I use to have a better plan consisting of a weathered plant
But it was unreliable, I always use to wake up *mad!

My dignaty's intact tho ...
This misery's a cash flow
I scribble on a canvas
My memories in flash strokes

My brush feels the energy
The paint makes it synergy
Splashes hit the backdrop
And pain turns to imagery

Brilliantly
Chaoticly
And ...
Every other
Honest-'ly',
I'm obviously intoxicated
Huffing paint from burning paper
Vapors fill my studio ...
I'm dancing in the midnight flame
My soul for a masterpiece?

It's seeming like a fair exchange!

Van Gogh gave his own ear!
L. Wane lost his whole brain!
Basquiat sold both veins!

I'm guessing it's a natural thing¿!?¡

To sacrifice for art's sake...
Expressions of a tortured mind
I pledge my life to heartache
And pay the price the Devil fines

--For BEAUTY

"When Crazy Met Genius!"

...Topical Battle Verse Written To The Picture...