What Fame Means to Me

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What Fame Means to Me

By Dahni
© 2021, all rights reserved

For the audience from the stage

I would rise up
I would reach out
In the dark for just a spark
And capture just a twink-a-blink of star stuff
That the creator begot as a mobile
Of dancing light in the dark
Guarding and Loving over
O’er His children’s cribs

And float back down effortlessly
Through space and time
Defying gravity
Just to seize your attention

No price admission
For the price has already been paid
By one for all

Then reach out
Reach into you
That you would see
That you would hear
That you would smell
That you would taste
That you would feel
That you would know
The gifts I have been given

And as your hearts rise up your feet
   in understanding
I’d fade and be right behind you
Participating in a standing ovation
Limited in duration as this life is

Called back
Then fade, gathered back up
To whence I came
By the same twink-a-blink of star stuff
One apple of God’s eye

And see us all drawn together
Victorious performance ran
God’s plan

And that’s what fifteen minutes of fame
   from 65+ years of effort,
   means to me

From the collection: ‘Songs in the Key of Me’ by the same author