art

This is art
When the sad girl
on the screen falls in love
and she becomes happy again

Art has become more
about the influence
than it has the artist

This is an influence
When a sad girl’s cure
is the romanticization
of her mental illness

I can only imagine
the masterpieces that
haven’t been stained
with perfection

We all have our own
definitions of beauty

This is mine

I know when anxiety’s lanky
body hangs over me

When it's outstretched limbs block the sunlight

When it's blaring screams and “draw-outside-the-lines” kind of nature consumes me

I am being the only beautiful I know how to be

We are capable
of being art
the same way
we are capable of
being human

Art is when we live behind
walls strong enough to cover up
the good we see in people
and in the exterior of ourselves

That is art
because it’s in your laugh
And engraved in your tears

It’s not meant to be tampered with
If you know to accept it,
It is beauty