Binesh Shrestha

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Published On: August 31, 2021 11:26 AM NPT By: Binesh Shrestha

Dear Vincent

Dear Vincent

Dear Vincent,
How have you been?
I hope the afterlife is suiting you well
my life is fine too 
but not that swell. 
Guess, the starry night looks admirable from the one you saw from the asylum.
What is it like being up there?
I presume, peace and a calm mental state?
I remember the treacherous emotions I felt
when I first gazed at your "At eternity's gate". 
Not just that, in all those paintings you painted, I could sense the heart throbbing anguishment you should have sensed.
The vividity of the somber color and the melancholic tune it played
even the most livid paintings of yours would have a shimmering glaze.
Self portraits of yours depicted how drained you were, how the world had enslaved you in its misery 
and how you suffered for your sanity 
maybe that is the reason why you didn't even bother to tend your wounds 
but I still wonder even after all that
how celestially your artistry flowers bloomed. 
Oh Vincent, it must had been hard 
to carry oneself all bruised and scarred
even when the way people tantalised you 
even when the way people vandalised you 
you still perpetuated, didn't you? 
Right minded nomad 
revolting against derailed society 
with everything you had. 
I hope you are in serenity now Vincent 
no matter where ever you are 
the world remembers you today 
for you've gone too far. 
If only you were to return 
the obscure would light 
and we all could once again enjoy 
that same old starry night.  

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