"tragedy, ecstasy, doom"
“i’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions—tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on” – mark rothko
“i’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions—tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on” – mark rothko
i look up at this world
bigger than me
a pervasive melancholy
rust and blue
do you feel sad like i do?
with tears and rage and toil
just before the grief consumes you
one last fight
sunflowers and wonders unseen
spores of euphoric hallucinations
erupting on my arms
do you feel joy like i do?
unhinged, unbridled, uneasy
just before the delirium consumes you
one last hurrah
i look down upon my clothes
tarred, disheveled, my skin scruffy
swathes of inevitable darkness, the
silent god or godless echos
do you dwell on death like i do?
serene in its monumentality, sure in its quiet
just before you perish
a final relief
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