She forgot to live
long enough
to enjoy her madness.
~
This poem was published in The Quarterly, Gordon Lish, editor.
The painting which I photographed is by my friend Michael Helsem.
You can see Michael's blog here: http://graywyvern.blogspot.com/
Other paintings of his can be seen here:
http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/members/H/MichaelHelsem/Helsem.shtml