DARKNESS SURROUNDS LIGHT

   (I loved this painting by Van Gogh the first time I saw it and tried my best to paint it myself; and this is the result)

Let me see, let me say,

Let me rise and have my way,

Let me live, let me die

A forlorn death beneath my sky.

Let me feel, let me stare,

Let me fight, rebel and dare,

Let there be light, let there be night

To bury weariness away from sight.

Let there be pain,

Let there be gain,

Human parodies

Gone insane.

Let there be shadows

In my blue sky,

Let there be darkness

Fighting light,

Such pain is hidden,

You cannot see,

My world and sky

In harmony.