My Name is Nobody

Today’s

Signposts
Along the way

Any missed?

Now
Marooned in a paradise,
A reputation for...

Oh, how glorious the surge

from such distant darkness
did he come
traversing mountains of agent ice,
rivers of producer rage,
temperate zones of starlet heat.

He arrived
late upon the flowering cacti,
falsely imbued with the silver spoon,
such expected pleasures
for the taking.

Still…

Nightmares
lit up his night
childhood signposts,
"Don't Touch,"
Teen signposts,
"Grow up,"
Young adult signposts,
"Danger Ahead,"
Adult signposts,
"Beware!"

Identifying choices reared it enormous head.
Who,
What,
Everything is what it is.

Eyes open.

Eyes...

Closed?

All ignored

All...

He was a good kid.
Ate his veggies.
Earned his merit badges.
Made Valedictorian.
Married the Prom Queen.
Turned down opportunities.

After all…

Carnal joys beckoned.

Slipped.

Oh
Such a ... missed…

Celebrity dream.s

Go-for.
Yes.
Assistant.
Yes.
Learned the moves.

Made the moves.
Dealt out the moves.

Glittering red carpets.
Prom Queen long gone.
Lanky.
Leggy.
Trophies on each arm.

Arrived.

Launched.

Oops…

"Sharp Curve Ahead"

Another signpost Ignored.

Really.

Ignored.

Oh, how deliverance beckons

In unexpected embraces.

My Name is Nobody