Last week I wrote about the wonderful French painter Marie Laurencin and her paintings of wistful, dreamy girls in soft pastel colours. Today I thought I’d share a poem that Laurencin wrote in 1917 and it’s called “La Calmant”, translated in English as “The Sedative”. To go with the melancholy verses I chose Laurencin’s painting of a girl called Valentine. I love her face expression, the way she placed her head on her hand, and again, those gentle, pastel shades of pink, lavender and yellow typical for Laurencin’s artworks.
Marie Laurencin, Valentine, 1924
The Sedative (La Calmant):
More than annoyed
Sad.
More than sad
Unhappy.
More than unhappy
Suffering.
More than suffering
Abandoned.
More than abandoned
Alone in the world.
More than alone
Exiled.
More than exiled
Dead.
More than dead
Forgotten.
Byron's Muse 
more than dead and forgotten, ” being reincarnated and sent back to Earth.”
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Although I do believe in reincarnation, turning to nothingness seems sweeter to me these days.
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