the artist walks alone

a life of one-way tickets,
ravaged relationships,
and forgotten names once held dear,
a life of conflict
and a life of fear...
forging a small new world
against the grain,
always against the grain

imitation is encouraged;
innovation is not.
innovation is bought in blood
almost always.
nobody likes someone
who can't go with the flow,
who always needs to know
or go their own way
like some beatnik Siddhartha

away from the madding crowd
in a sad world of her own,
the artist walks alone