Bye-to both sweet stars and bruised apples

if you read this, thank you, and farewell!

And waving goodbye is just as significant as waving hello

but as tales are told

the proverbial hourglass has drained too much

and returned too little

in ways that consumed the house of my health

which caused a beige like sadness to invite itself in

on account of this artist’s neurological inability

and sometime frantic efforts

to read the room’s social fruit

and yield structured normalcy,

reaping instead

self provoked

punishing frailty

but…

this artist‘s heart

was captured by the kindness of a precious few

and in this digital playground

accepted both sweet praise

and sour apathy

while always longing

to be kind and to give away something for everyone

until the overload of painting the soul

in words both bold and meek

bore the strength of crushing internal armies

and why this artist makes it urgent code

to know when the social machine

is something too hot to keep on hand

so…today this artist

waves goodbye

to those gentle few

and thanks the ones who showed pleasant curiosity

and welcoming sweetness

be it in sporadic glimpses

or in open eyed constancy

now…

to the sullen apples…

well, you may be bruised

but not rotten

so…

spin your moral compass

to bring you victory in the age worn art of etiquette

because cold unkindness

will only rob you

of that imaginative sensibility

and innocent joy

that you feel trembling in your excited hand

at the ready, to put out for others to cherish…

now once again to my friends here, please take care

and:

STAY KIND.

STAY BRILLIANT.

CREATE A FEAST OF CREATIVITY.

and this is the last thing to be written

says my heart’s murmuring little voice,

spoken loudly to my pals here:

THANK YOU.

-TGG (and friend)

January 31st, 2025