Starlet

Tragic

a cautionary tale

for those who will come behind

remember beauty

not as extolled

reality

image seen in the mirror

behold the truth

as seen through the eye of the beholden.

Cracks grow

awash in desperation

grim

pale shadows

flit through the night

scourge of delight

filling ears with hissed toxicity

bringing ego down

shattered malaise.

Adulation

false words

believe in them

easier to fake it

easier to pretend

easier to…..

turn away

hide away

no one ever comes looking

crying smoked tears.

Wrapped in golden tinsel

heralded the next great find

actress of many faces

not a one real.

©Dec. 21/19

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