BURNING TO LIVE

He is the cursed painter, brilliant, alcoholic and
drug addict, poor but a great gentleman, sick,
destined, like heroes, to die young.
She is very beautiful, everyone looks at her.
Men express themselves out loud
their admiration;
envious women measure it with their eyes.
His figure is so interesting
that it is worth making a Leonardo-like drawing of it.
she will become the greatest Russian poet,
but he doesn't know it yet.
They meet
They smell each other
They are studied
They insult each other
They hate each other
They love each other
Everyone has their own problems, their own goals,
his discontents and bad moods, his worries.
Love can exist beyond the limits of real encounter,
which in some cases doesn't even happen?
only one thing is certain.
This meeting will change their lives.
forever.