Just a piece of overly melodramatic personal art that I've been needing desperately to get off my chest for as long as I can remember. Feel free to ignore this silly bit of self expression.

I'm not normally the type to express myself publicly either with art or without, but the original title of this piece was something along the lines of "Pain Ten Years In the Making." So, that kind of tells you the place I'm coming from at the moment. Today marks the anniversary of the happiest day of my life, followed by the darkest most painful years I could possibly imagine. And this is just... something I needed to do for me. I had originally planned to add some poetic text to this piece to further mirror the previous one that it makes obvious reference to, but I think it looks nicer without that cluttering the background. Besides, I'm no poet.

I'll just say that the past decade have been a bit of an adventure. It's been filled with the happiest years of my life, filled with memories and experiences that I wouldn't trade for the world, sadly coupled with the deepest, darkest pain I could imagine, that I would never wish on anyone. But this... This is something to help me move on. That's actually the last line of that cheesy bit of poetic text I had planned to add, but only came about as I was creating this. I woulnd't trade the world for what I had, and I would give anything in my power to have it back for just a day. But I can't dwell in the past. It's time for me to move forward and find my own path. I'm ready to move on.

And that's the last of my melodramatic ramblings. For anyone who read through this, thank you for taking the time to humor me. Also, there's no need to be concerned. Not anymore anyways. These are old wounds that have mostly healed. This was just the final piece I needed to make it final.

On an unrelated note: I'm back, apparently. Sorry to open with such a dour note, I just needed this to be the first piece I completed this year. Hopefully the next bit of art will be a bit cheerier. On the bright side, it looks like I haven't lost my artistic abilities. That's certainly a plus. Still got a lot of improvement to do, though. Both personally and artistically.

Ignoring all of the self-indulgent melodrama, while this picture was absolutely something for me, I do hope someone will enjoy the art just the same. Take care everybody!