Blinding Glamor Of Fame
© Surazeus
2025 09 30

Sad how weak men try to puff themselves up
to appear strong in their terror of Death
who lurks in shadows of their fragile souls
cast by stark sunlight on indifferent Earth
as they struggle against blinding despair
while they strut arrogantly on skulls of gods.

From shadows of their bodies demons rise
on asphalt wings torn from conspiracies
contrived by clowns who bluster fancy words
to shield their battered hearts from claws of greed
through frantic obsession for finding truth
concealed by morbid jokes in holy books.

Startled by flicker of sunlight on dirt
that flashes through taut quiver of tree limbs,
they stumble disgracefully in cold gloom
while grasping feverishly at shining fruit
with subterfuge to control fertile trees
through hostile tactic hoarding ample wealth.

While I attend my private enterprise
extracting nutritious produce of health
from verdant substance of generous Earth,
weak men, too lazy to focus their work
on harvesting material with crafty hands,
attempt to filch wealth from my stock of goods.

I ponder how I might protect my worth,
which I produce through wealth-concocting craft,
by framing legacy of consequence
with conceptual products my hands design
when I, with copyright of labeled sign,
present effects of my attentive cause.

Strong men on base of humble confidence
construct from raw material of this world
processed artifacts they design from ideas
to fashion models from conceptual forms
which provide assistance of easeful thought
through strict formulations our brains conceive.

Yet weak men trapped in labyrinth of lust
steal useful products from hardworking men
through crass deception of inherent dread
which obfuscates with glamorous trickery
honest creator inspired by vast love
as creative source from whom great art springs.

Though weak men trample original works,
designed and created by adept artists
who earn proficient mastery of creation,
to plunder valor of productive pride,
strong men avoid blinding glamor of fame
by working alone with their galvanic Muse.

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Orpheus creates maps that present history of human society on Earth while King Midas struts about claiming those maps as products of his imagination.

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