Dear Vincent

Vincent van Gogh

You genius of the Netherlands

With broken mind yet steady hand

Doing everything he can

To let the whole world know

The love you have despite your woe

And how you wished they’d love you so

A love that you would never know

So haunted by your pain and strife

In that wretched field you took your life

Those people who ignored your cries

Now dress in black and dry their eyes

They only love you once you’ve died