The Downfalls of the Beauty

Sometimes, writers have downfalls. Those poets who write really deep and meaningful posts with every bit of their heart laid out on the ribcages of their writings? They probably are the kind of people who get sad from thinking too much and who stay up late at night because they can't fall asleep and have more issues with theirself than they will let on. Sometimes photographers have downfalls. They are probably often too busy capturing the moments of life instead of living it. They might forget to look at life through their own eyes instead of closed lenses. They also could forget the actual beauty in the people in the photographs, instead of just the beauty in the photograph. Sometimes, artists have downfalls. They can erase the flaws in the people they are drawing instead of note that flaws can add to the beauty in one. They can lose their sense of reality with blurred lines of abstract. They may dream so often that they forget to make the dreams come true. We all have downfalls. Let's not forget that. Because sometimes I think people look at the talent and beauty from the talent and envy the talented person when sometimes they aren't to be envied. Sometimes the naive viewer will look at a piece of art, a photograph, or the poem and appreciate the beauty of it but forget to think about the person behind it. They'll be jealous of the talent and won't give thought to the background stories behind them. They might be envious without realizing that the talented person may be jealous of you.

(A sad but beautiful book. It will make you think. It will affect you.)

Yeah, so those were my thoughts today. I guess I kind of thought about it when I read this young girl's poetry. It's so sad, but it's so beautiful. And everyone admires it and compliments her on it. And I guess it just kinda struck me on how her life might be a mess, and yet all these people are complimenting this beautiful piece. I mean, im not saying its wrong to compliment because it's not. I guess it just reminds me that some of my saddest times I've had, I just write poetry. Because I'm in a sad mood from thinking too much and thinking too much is usually when I have the best poetry/descriptions and analogies. And sometimes I share the poetry and I get complimented on it even though its really those times where I just wish I wasn't sad and wanting to write poetry to feel better. If that makes any sense. Sometimes I just write poetry for fun or because I'm bored. So, i'm not saying its all cut and dry because it isn't. I'm just saying sometimes I think we forget the feelings behind people's writings, art, photography, talents. We forget that the people who wrote them have a life and backstory for each piece of work and sometimes it's not all happy go lucky and sometimes it's better for us to be us than to wish to be them and write like they do or photograph like they do or paint like they do.

 And that sometimes there is more than just beauty there.