My Artistic Idol - LANKS

I was a fussy kid

But somehow you don’t remember

I hated olive dip and hummus

But you pretend that

It never happened

Avocado or salmon

I spat it in the sink

There’s a happy hole there in your memory

For all the bad I did

I was teenage angst

But somehow you corrected me

All your olive branches sealed in Christmas wrapping

Brought to me

A purpose — pens and paper

Watercolour stationery

Somehow you knew that all I needed

Was my creativity

Well I’m proud of you

A mind that warped and grew

A view that twists in all the right places

Shines a light on all the sad faces

My best friends still tell me I’m wasting

Every moment apart from you

A view that twists in all the right places

Shines a light on all the sad faces

My artistic idol unwavering

I am a millennial

And my life is incredible

It’s hard as water the worst of times

And on this rock the ocean climbs

You took me here to paint the world

The way you did since you were a girl

You showed me how to find the colours

Hidden in the sands.

It’s not the surface here that matters

Well I’m proud of you

A mind that warped and grew

A view that twists in all the right places

Shines a light on all the sad faces

My best friends still tell me I’m wasting

Every moment apart from you

A view that twists in all the right places

Shines a light on all the sad faces

My artistic idol unwavering