Life is a dark ride

Illusions

For Kevin’s No Theme… Friday? 10.04.24

Silver screen, velvet rope
Diamond dreams, little hope
Fiction draped in gilded lies
Neon halos over a veiled disguise

Stars shine through the heart that aches
Faces fade, a mask slowly flakes
Underneath, the echos nod
Behind the brutal truth of the grand facade

Stories spun on a celluloid thread
Haunted by words left unsaid
Fractured tales of a broken past
Ephemeral – the die is cast

A twisted path from stardom to fall
Illusion stands at the casting call
Hollywood will break the soul and mind
If fame is what you are trying to find

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  1. valenciartist Avatar
    valenciartist

    Brilliant! And I quite agree with the major premise…

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      Life is a dark ride

      Thank you! I saw a bit of this just being involved in local community theater. There are a few I worked with that were really talented, and went off to Hollywood or New York to try to “make it.” They were chewed up and spit out. One is now a nurse, the other a computer programmer. So at least they moved on 😉

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        valenciartist

        You’re welcome!

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  2. Kymber Hawke Avatar
    Kymber Hawke

    Excellent poem! 🙂

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      Life is a dark ride

      Thank you! My original though was going the “casting couch” direction, but that seemed a little too intense.

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        Kymber Hawke

        LOL Well, I like how it turned out anyway. 😀

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        Life is a dark ride

        😀

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    Kevin

    All that glitters is indeed not gold. Very well written! 👏👏👏

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      Life is a dark ride

      Thank you!!

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