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Vincent Van Gogh

June 22, 2018
By zuzkak SILVER, Paisley, Other
zuzkak SILVER, Paisley, Other
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Favorite Quote:
“Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.”
― Thomas Keneally, Schindler's List


People  say,

Vincent Van Gogh,

Ate yellow pain to get

Happiness inside of him.

 

But that isn't quite true.

He swallowed it

To kill himself.

Did you know that?

 

But yellow is maybe a happy colour.

A sunflower colour.

But maybe it's a sad colour.

A colour of vomit, fast and surreal.

 

But red is maybe a happy colour.

A loving colour.

But maybe it's a sad colour.

A colour of blood, spilt on white tile.

 

But blue is maybe a happy colour.

A peaceful colour.

But maybe it's a sad colour.

A colour of a hopeless and breathless face.

 

But green is maybe a happy colour.

A lucky colour.

But maybe it's a sad colour.

A colour of moss, growing on a coffin.


The author's comments:

This piece is about depression. There's a lot romanticisation and stigma around this illness, like people saying Van Gogh eating paint has something to do with getting happy. That's not true. Wanting to kill yourslef is vicseral and uncomfortable, not something poetic. The colours symbolise the paint, here, and the paint tells a story.


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