We are here to preach the dream,
to share the good word
of passionate fantasy
and the desire for happiness.
We are messengers,
disciples,
proteges,
of the things that help us
reach the moon and back.
We are slaves to art,
and the emotions that inspire it.
We live to create
and destroy that
which hinders us.
We are here to preach the dream.
The dream to be
who we want to be;
the lust for satisfaction
with ourselves.
We breathe to make others
laugh,
feel,
want,
love,
be.
We are the apostles of innovation,
rising from dust
where light once shown
to shine light forth
into obsidian hearts and ashen souls.
We are bandages for the bleeding,
braille for the blind,
and cotton blankets
for the faint of heart.
We are for those who need us,
and for those who don't know
what they need.
We are poets,
drawers,
painters,
sculptors,
musicians,
lovers.
And with our pencils and pens,
brushes and hands,
guitars and hearts,
we will call to arms
all of those who
have ever felt something
move like we have.
We are a romantic tragedy,
an exuberant atrophy.
We are anonymously outspoken.
Hear us,
silent.
An ode to artists everywhere.
