Call Me Intense. {poetry}
Call me intense.
I’m not ashamed of it.
Because I feel
with all my senses.
I’m not scared of it.
I fall so deep
that I would fall deeper
just to feel anything
and everything.
I overthink.
It’s my power source.
I don’t run away of it.
I find freedom
in every thought.
Call me intense.
It doesn’t mean I’m broken.
It means I see more.
It’s my way to be.
It’s my tool
to go beyond.
It’s my open door
to the unknown.
Where creativity rises.
When the ideas flow.
Art always set me free.
It’s he air that I breath.
The blood bumping
the tireless soul.
Call me intense,
I’m an artist
you should know.
I’ve not lived so long,
but age is just a number.
I’m smart enough to see
that nothing is perfect.
I find beauty in
Every single thing,
a bird, the sea, a plant,
a flower, the river, the mountains,
the sky, the sun, the moon,
a dog, a cat, nature,
Every single thing.
Call me intense.
Though not everything
is happiness.
I am only human.
I have flats.
I make mistakes.
I have scars
and have broken hearts
on this tough road
called life.
But I arise stronger
With art,
the impossible
becomes possible
and all is right again.
Call me intense.
I love life my life,
and to not love it
is to not love
every intense thing
on earth.
Like the ocean waves,
the roar of the lions,
the wind
when it strongly hits,
the pouring rain
showering the earth.
Every single thing
Is intense.
Call me intense,
I’ve been down this
road before.
You may not
understand it,
but I don’t have to be
someone else.
I just have to be myself.
I know that well.
The sky is the limit
and I won’t just flow.
Art is everywhere,
and it’s where
intensity resides.
Call me intense,
art is my reward.
My safe place.
My endless escape.
Where I found me
and all feels right.
Where nothing else exists,
is where I found my muse.
A pencil and air.
I just breathe.
It’s all that I ever need.
Call me intense,
I live to the limit.
I laugh, I smile,
I run, I jump,
I go farther.
I take leaps of faith.
I have endless dreams.
My mind travels
to imaginary worlds,
where the stars collide
and the sun always shines.
This is where creativity is born.
Call me intense.
It’s my partner,
my confidant,
my loyal friend.
I won’t hide
because
it’s my way to be.
Call me intense,
It doesn’t mean I’m broken.
I’m not ashamed of it.
I’m an artist.
I love to feel
and fall for
everything
and anything.
Art has been my strength,
my rock and my guide.
My power source.
My everything,
Art sets me free
and it’s my way to be.
*****
Nathaly Dulanto Bernuy is a student of business school, cartoonist, poet, writer. She is just a girl with dreams, trying to change the world through art. She could be contacted via her blog.