Black Birds

• Artist: I_Dwell_In_Possibility
• Description: This is a poem I wrote in 12th grade in a creative writing class.
  I was inspired by the painting "Wheat Field with Crows" by Van Gogh and his suicide.
  "Wheat Field with Crows" was his last painting before he shot himself.
• Date: 01/24/2009
• Tags: black birds

See you soon,
Black bird,
Bird of death—
I am alone in the wheat field
With a gun in hand
I Pull
The trigger—
The splash of red
On the borrowed gun
Sorry neighbor,
I wasn’t shooting crows after all.
Instead,
I’m rotting decay of human flesh
No more misery
From this black bleak storm of sorrow,
Called life—
Now, in death,
I lay in the emptiness of the vast paths
Once a lonely old soul,
Now I am as free as the night sky
Where the crows roam

Comments

[Starry Starry Fright]

I love Van Gogh (check my name) and I love how you've turned this painting into such a profound, raw poem. The style and layout ar very unique, and it makes the whole thing a fast-paced haltin gflow that really adds to the effect.Well done!

[I_Dwell_In_Possibility]

Thank you!

[nones here anymore]

you took inspiration from a truly amazing peice, and turned it into a truly amazing peom.