'The Weathered Man' & other works by Diego Reyes

Death of a Writer

To the blind man who's mind is unswayed,

You see the world better than those disarrayed.

Rid yourself of the clouds of verity

And digest a lesson that some

Gain from the coming maxim:

To distract oneself with factuality,

Is to disregard oneself of originality.

To see, to hear,

To touch, to feel

To taste is all common.

Though the sixth trait;

Is one oft forgotten.

It's what drives an artist

To conduct his brush.

With a mind's rush

And a canvas to harvest;

By a God's design

The man has made a scene

Ever so divine.

Fantasy-

I pray, do not censor me-

Is that which cannot be taken,

For if this mind of mine be forsaken

Then the Pale Horseman has me taken.