My work, I'm very careful about it, and I love it. <br />But today I'm discouraged by how slowly it's going. <br />The day has affected my mood. <br />It gets darker and darker. Endless wind and rain. <br />I'm more in the mood for looking than for writing. <br />In this picture, I'm now gazing at a handsome boy <br />who is lying down close to a spring, <br />exhausted from running. <br />What a handsome boy; what a heavenly noon <br />has caught him up in sleep. <br />I sit and gaze like this for a long time, <br />recovering through art from the effort of creating it.<br /><br />Constantine P. Cavafy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pictured/
