Take a life, an artists life Make it hard, give them strife Turn them into someone forlorn Dont think twice about pouring scorn Upon their work, for all to see Does it well with intense glee Cloaking you with their disdain Its not the trend Are you insane Its too much this or not enough that With a sneer you are turned down flat Time ticks away, you still produce Your heart and mind need no excuse To create at will, is your Endeavour To climb the ladder of success, however Many times they snap the rungs You will climb and shout with expanding lungs You will not hide your work away In dusty drawers in disarray You want the eyes of the world to gaze Upon your work and lift the haze To break fragile shells, and look inside No longer run, no longer hide Break through the fabric of your life Your brush becomes a switchblade knife. Original art by Rosie Harper.