It´s funny

children are told

get a REAL job

that that creative

artistic thing you love

won´t love you back

or provide for you

or keep you happy

and so 

the kid

maybe takes on a big ¨good¨ job

and he is miserable

it is not his passion

but he is getting money.

Sadness suffocates him

and he decides to do his passion

after his day job

late into the night

and the glow of the laptop

illuminates his happy face,

he is creating

he is breathing again

he is alive.

Whether it makes money or not

it makes life worth living.

Why do people forget 

that every time

they want to discourage an artist

all of their favorite show of actors

their favorite songs

their favorite dances

were all created 

by artists

just like that kid that was told to get a real job...

what would the world be like

if they all listened to this horrible advice?