Feb
19
But you might be da Vinci?
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I am no Michelangelo
I am a poor man and of little worth
Who is laboring to kill myself
And so I live in sin
I am no artist
Artists are guilty of such superficiality
Because they have no clue of what they are
I know that I am no Michelangelo.
There are no flames of love within my heart
But a bare cold hearthstone deep in ash
To think, I once wanted to carve an entire mountain into a Colossus
I know that I am no Michelangelo.
And I am not a painter (paint I did, of course)
I am not a prophet (this is no great matter)
I am not a theoretician (I am still learning)
I know that I am no Michelangelo.
Though I am not, nor will I consent to be obliged to tell
That I have no supernatural powers-
Neither divine strength nor divine wisdom
I am only a man called Michelangelo.
-Margaret in Richmond, VA (search phrase “I am no Michelangelo”)