Status And Fame

Status to gain it.
And fame to obtain.
Believed easy to receive and get,
Without it to earn or regrets to face.
Are movies made for TV viewers.

This...
Is the reality:

Remaining on a path that has,
Not an exit to escape from mistakes to make.
To eventually be given,
Status to gain it and fame to obtain?
Only a few,
Who know...
What they had to go through to achieve,
Such notoriety.
Are seldom asked,
How they slept.
What they ate.
And how their bills were paid.
If they were not sacrificial street livers.
Driven by visions of never ending success.
Without money to do it.
Just air to breathe.

Yet...
Kept feeding on a dream,
To keep them motivated with incentive.

'And...
What do you think,
Provides incentive that motivates?
What do you think is the main factor?'

'Well...
Main factor. Hmmm.
Speaking for myself.
I have never sought status or fame.
That concept to me is so 'ho-hum'.
Transitory and lame.
However with that to say,
I encourage the young folks of today...
To think of negativity and criticism to get,
As an approval of something they are doing.
Noticeable enough to get it attention.
Only to improve upon,
What has been mentioned...
That gets that attention.
Then work on it until a price for it is offered!'

'Isn't that like being a sell out?'

'I have heard that said,
By those who accuse others...
For putting bucks into their pockets.
Finding shelter to pay for it.
And keeping in a refrigerator...food!
Done to do for talents and gifts they have.

Then there are others.
Identified and qualified to sell their souls.
While out hoping their pretensions,
Addressed to market impressions to make.
Are worthy to disguise,
Their potential to leech!