Artwork by Aaron Simmons

Pencil drawing of a hand holding a book titled Potential Versus Survival, Volume One, by Aaron Simmons

“My art is both Spontaneous and Visual. I don't actually, see it. It's that my creative mind brings it to my attention.”Aaron Simmons · 09/2001

Sculptures and Original Artwork

Wire, stone, wood and mixed media.

Watch Momentous HarmonyAaron presents his waterfall sculpture

Sand Sculptures

Sculpted by hand on the beach.

Micron 0.5 Pen Drawings

Graphite Drawings

Pencil on paper.

Charcoal Drawings

Large-format charcoal.

Poetry

Original poems by Aaron Simmons.

Chemo

All she can do is lie there and rest,
militant for life. She's trying her best.

Despite my life for which she had gave,
I would take mine if hers I could save.

Her strong will to be present, so all can see.
God, please help her, for I believe.

Wail!!

That day in Autumn had finally came.
The anniversary of my birth,
and I'll never feel the same.

Love's relic for my heart she had filled.
Remember her always. I know I will.

So do I believe? It's hard to say,
because the one I loved had faded away.

Ten Years

Ten years since you left us behind.
Dad and Brother Bill are doing just fine.

Our love for one another is what keeps us so close.
But the love that you gave us, is what we miss the most.

Dad lost faith in me, and I'm not sure why.
Maybe it's because he sees life through one eye.

If he'd open the other, he'd quickly see
the ambition and potential that you saw in me,

to stay true to what I believe,
to let my mind be free,
and only then will I be able to succeed.

It's ten years since you left me behind,
with no one to talk to, I'm losing my mind.

Or lost it. How would I know?
I hide it so well. I'll never let it show.

So much passion, so much drive,
it's not my mind I'm losing, but the will to survive.

I'm tired of the fight, the struggle, I'm through,
I'll test my dedication until I turn blue.

One more shade, and I'll be holding you.

I miss you, Mother.

You had come and you had passed.
Ten years had gone. They gone so fast.

Ten years since you left me this way,
scared and alone. There's nothing more to say.

Being Me

But I'm tired of living this way.
Me versus the world, day after day.
And I'm tired of fighting the system.
There's the right path, so quit resisting.

And I'm tired of feeling like I just want to quit.
You've got to understand that's hard for me to admit.
I'm tired of being here.
I just want to make that very clear.

The stage before success, this stage is more difficult than all the rest.
But I will stay focused and outsmart them all.
I will always keep climbing and never fall.

Because I love me and being me,
and there's nothing else that I'd want to be.
I try to do what I'm supposed to do,
and that's not who I want to be.

So what's the problem? Success is in sight.
Wait, there's no problem. I just begun to fight.
And that's just me being me.
That's all I know, and that's all I'll ever be.