A D O R a T I O N !!

Adoration

When you have 

achieved adoration 

before thousands 

of screaming fans

as you dance on 

the vibes of fate

that brought you 

to your pinnacle of fame

as an ocean of faces 

cry  out your name

and the electric 

squeals of the axes

move them in undulating 

waves as one

pause for a single 

moment and capture

the feel, and the taste 

of that multitude of love

breathe it in deeply 

on that day

for much later comes 

only the silence

of a satin box and a 

single face of death

hidden in the soil 

of man's mortality

and then what you knew 

as a charmed life

that great adoration 

that cloaked your world

is forgotten as time 

erases your essence

But on a much 

greater scale 

if you simply get 

the chance to hear

"I wuv you mom, 

I wuv you too dad!'

from the honeyed 

petulant lips of your babies

wide eyes full of trust, 

loving only you

hugging a leg tightly 

and smiling with 

perfect, miniature 

gleams of porcelain

savour that moment 

and cling to its gift

for you are most 

truly loved in a bigger way

then any masses could 

ever pour upon your soul

and far too soon 

comes the silence

wrapped around you 

in deaths final grip

clasping you in 

the airless space 

of a mahogany and 

brass container

that your babies, 

then grown will hug

and whisper, 

" I love you mom, 

I love you dad.'

but your ears 

will not function

and your eyes sewn 

shut will not see

the glories of what l

ove bestowed upon you

If we even get the 

chance at least once 

to cause someone 

to say "I love you."

then we have 

achieved the adoration

that all were 

meant to bask in

and so few hang 

on to long enough

to appreciate 

the incredible beauty

love adds to life, 

as well as the ease 

with which it helps 

to lessen death

when all that is 

sacred in this world

slips away with a sad sigh.

but yet is cherished 

long after such love

is gone.
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