Love art
Just for the hell of it
For the downright dirty greasy non-conforming smell of it
The certain uncertainty that comes from being so wrapped up in it
Never ever truly able to pull yourself away from it
Because something cries and dies in you when you deny your undying love of it
Your parents dropped their heads in their hands because they didn’t understand
when you proclaimed, mam, dad, I’m going after it
A world of ignorance behind the question, are you making any money from it
Shakespeare told us the whole world is a stage and we’re merely characters in it
When your back’s against the wall it’s a profession to express your aggression
without having to put any fist marks in it
When you can’t find the words of how much you love your bird, sing her a song of it
When you don’t know how to say that a boy took your innocence away, recite us a poem
of it
We’re delving through our archives to share original art and creative writing from earlier issues that you might have missed. Love Art by Joe Byrne was originally published in Issue 1 of Paper Lanterns, back in 2020!
