Fame Game
Naw,  Fame is not my game…
cameras and lights can preclude insights
into the depths of a fragile being intent on seeing all there is to see,
unearthing that nebulous thing that stands for me,
that stands in the face of dissent and scorn, that mourns
the yous who seek no clues to that which pumps your blood
stirs your loins draws your tears from down deep
that sparks all the goings on even as you sleep
never to awake from social slumber, severely encumbered
by institutions of illusion that breed confusion
of the heart and mind, spurring once gentle spirits to be unkind
to another, a brother even a mother
despite the pain she bore, the grief she wore
about her as a cloak of lead her heart in shreds
from your pain when you cried before knowing the shame
of weakness or was it really strength you had then
before the commonplace compelled you to twist and bend
your self into something that you don’t even recognize
except in the mirror of tradition, that sedition of the soul that compromises
the young and old, the tall and short of it is
pure folly, puerile fiction, false conviction
that helps you stand on ground that trembles
when truth walks when reality talks and few care to get in step
or lend an ear…oh the fear, the fear
squeezes the breath from the lungs of life
chokes the chutzpah from erstwhile efforts
springs leaks in dreams we seek
to bring into reality’s domain…
upon our hopes it bleeds and stains, makes all difference look the same
sinks us to the depths of finger pointing and blame…
how can it be significant that you know my name?
Naw, Fame ain’t my game…Truth and Love is all I claim….
TAMAJ UNITED
"Ask and it shall be written"