Poetry at its best

Another great post by someone in my blogring...

Onset of reality
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
This is a poem I wrote for the art gallery that displays work by people with mental illnesses.

STEP Art Gallery

Art fills the walls
Halls and halls
Paintings, poems, photography

Collages provide
A window inside
The mind behind the intensity

The drawings shown
Imagine the unknown
Framed, they hang with dignity

Next to the frame
Is an artist's name
Displayed with guts and sincerity

Many will come
Unafflicted, some
Merely to look at the beauty

The power to create
Does not discriminate
Let us celebrate creativity
posted by pjbrubak at 4:44 PM

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