vincent,

i am writing this for you,
just for you, so there is no
reason to cry. everything
is tinted yellow; is it
hard to hear now? do they hear
you now? you paint and paint with
the consistency of your
heart; you will get better,
everything will be okay.

but you love and love with the
world on your mind; it is so
frustrating when they turn
away so easily from you.
you are so tired of lying
on that straw bed underneath
that starry, starry sky. they
will never understand you.
now go to sleep, my sweet, and
tomorrow will be better.
everything will be okay,
because I am here by your side.

"la tristesse durera toujours."

&&&

van gogh said the line "la tristesse durera
toujours", (the sadness will last forever), as
his last words.

they just seemed to stick with me.