March Poetry Challenge (4th March, 2013)

Idle Worship
 
What idol do you hold up before you?
Some enchanted being from ancient superstition
Or mere mortal propelled into public conscience
By notoriety or obscure talent?

How does your idol appear to you?

Is it something over-powering,
Omnipresent and omnipotent;
Or tangible and real?

What image does your idol take?

Is it adorned with the latest fashion plate
From the catwalks of Milan or Paris
Or perhaps something more classical?

How does your idol speak for you?

Do the words carry the weight of authority
Or just the vile trappings
Of some gilded, vacuous being?

What can your idol do to help you?

Is it awesome and inspirational
And give comfort when you are low
Or more aspirational in kind?

How do others see your idol?

As some everlasting icon
Or as a fly-by-night
Matinee heart-throb gone tomorrow?

What does your idol mean to you?

A face to love?
A being to worship?
A life to be emulated?

How is your idol better

Than anyone else's?
What right have you
To tear down their ideal?