Starry Nights

Composing thoughtful song about Van Gogh
strikes the soul how, with deft strokes of the brush
on canvas, he evoked his world to show
the countryside: fields; starry nights (that flush

with vibrant color); rainbows; shade effects;
and rural scenes. But genius took its time.
Opposed to novelty, lacking perfect
sense, peers decried Van Gogh's pioneering prime.

Still, beauty poured out from his suffering mind,
which bled and perished to incarnate art.
To Van Gogh's tortured brilliance, grief enshrined,
and blessed, the spirit of his enormous heart!

Hence, his quintessence haunts the world today,
a Zeitgeist, ghost, which never fades away.