Forgotten

narrative verse

 

Forgotten

 

I used to be a household name.

A notable celebrity.

I was a winner in life’s game

Now nobody remembers me.

 

I lived a life of luxury.

Spent every penny that I earned.

Today I live in poverty.

The tables well and truly turned.

 

I should have saved but I did not

I thought my fame would never end

I was contented with my lot.

But now I know you can’t depend.

 

On lady luck a fickle jade.

She builds you up then tears you down.

One day you top the hit parade

The next day you become unknown.

 

I only have myself to blame

Believed my own publicity

I gloried in my transient fame.

But lady luck deserted me.

 

I was a fool I must confess

But I chose not to think ahead.

What does it matter more nor less.

Most people think that am dead.

 

Instead I’m just an old has been

I slipped into obscurity

completely faded from the scene.

Nobody wants to remember me..

 

23/08/2009

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Reviews

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A wonderful tale of a richman's ego, and the gravity it took to bring him to understand it all with the poormans wisdom.

Happiness bought with money soon turns to be anything but.

A great work of ink!

Hugs!
Tara M Stone

[Tate Morgan]

I think you may be coming into your own just yet And I find i learn from you As a smart m,an learns from his mistakes.But a wise man learns from yours .

[fallen angel]

better to have been...then not to have been at all