Midweek motif poets united
dverse
charlotte
a successful celebrity
battling depression
trying to stave off
the inevitable aging process
the heroine
taking a cudgel to twitter trolls
and online bullies
caring for her friends
putting their needs first
forever the cheerful
laughing party glamour gal
died alone at 47 last weekend
if only she had meant enough
to somebody who would put her first
since her death she has been overwhelmed
with messages of love and support
Isnt that the truth? all the nice things people say after these celebrities die, that might have saved their lives had they been said while they were still alive? Thought-provoking poem.
ReplyDeleteSo very sad that it is only after she died that people gave her the love and support that she obviously needed. There are far too many examples of this kind. If only.....but it is now too late.
ReplyDeleteHow ironic! And often the case. "If only I had known," they say, too late to help her. Do you think the ones left behind find solace in learning that their lost one was a success and merely depressed!? I see a little Richard Corey here, but in a social network world, there is much less excuse.
ReplyDeleteHow sad that it happened this way - too bad she never knew that she has many friends that cared for her ~
ReplyDeleteHow dearly she had paid for her so called successful life...very sad indeed...
ReplyDeleteSad indeed.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad how many young celebs die so suddenly...Beautiful and honest poem!
ReplyDeleteIsn't that often the irony..sadly
ReplyDeleteA lovely tribute. To often we are left regretting what we did, and didn't, say when we can no longer redress either.
ReplyDeletePublicity is a dangerous country, and the public can be a dangerous enemy in it.
ReplyDeleteBut still, supposed popularity beckons...
Makes me even more humbly grateful to have somebody in my life who puts me first. That surely is the most precious safety net anyone can experience. And give.
Had to google her history.. I actually found some of it in a Swedish tabloid.. a sad story.. especially the troll part.. successful women seem to get quite a handful of those.. and what a price to pay for so called success... and there are so many more of them.
ReplyDeletefame is not all that it is cracked up to be...and just because you are in the spotlight doesnt mean anyone really gives a damn...probably assume you are alright, have enough...and once dead sure they come out of the woodwork...keeps them from feeling guilty
ReplyDeleteWe are on the same page for this one Brian...my thoughts exactly.
DeleteYou don't know how this strikes home with me....I'll add that the flow of words it nice.
ReplyDeleteOh I think I know alright...
DeleteWell, if you want people to be nice to you, just die ...(snark)
ReplyDeletePhillip Hoffman too - they follow strange paths into serious drugs and suffer - eventually not being able to overcome fear, isolation, insecurities, and plagued with paranoia and other drug induced disorder and yet they succumb and eventually die. And they are the famous we hear/read about, think of the everyday people caught up in RX pills, crack cocaine, and heroin. I am so sorry for this.
ReplyDelete. . . too little too late. Isn't that usually the case. If only people cared.
ReplyDeletesuch a sad story...your poem does great justice to the tragedy of her death.
ReplyDeleteI don't know the woman of the story, but the poem tells me enough.
ReplyDeleteLife is most unfair in certain weird ways. Those who do good should live longer so they can touch the lives of so many other people. Nice tribute Rallentanda!
ReplyDeleteHank