To feel a 'right now' feeling is a strong
Pretence to being present: whilst 'right now'
Belief now gone, I'm scratching at the pain
That comes from scraping off a living from
Attempts to paint an image to last for long
Enough to write my name under the gloss
I'll finally brush over the whole work.
It takes little art, but some smart artifice
To conjure up an image that looks fresh
But starts to moulder underneath its skin;
Its gloss, dying now as it lives unseen.
True art will make an absence stronger than
Right now; will satisfy no being that
Desires it all to be right, right now! How
Can it be possible to be present
In this absence of all we truly need
And presence of feigned life, now emptying
Its loose ooze over all we ought to love.
To feel absent right now, is the real thing
That shows we lack doing that alone love does.
With love
Steven xxxxxxx
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