Elise Skidmore

“I don’t know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.” – Vincent van Gogh

 
 The Starry Night is visible
 through barred windows.
 He goes there to dream,  
 to escape asylum walls,
 and maybe the voices
 that urge his destruction.
 The sunflowers, irises,  
 and cherry blossoms
 are beyond his grasp,
 but the sky is within reach.
 Floating above the world
 in a sea of swirling blue,
 the artist frees his soul
 and finds moments of peace.
 
 
 Elise Skidmore   ©2019