Famous

06/11/2020 - Poem a Day Compilation



I don’t want to be famous.

I want to be successful.

I want people to know my work

But still be able to go shopping

Without being mobbed

Or get petrol without notice

And I definitely don’t want to be

Signing autographs in the ladies.



I want to be anonymously wealthy

So I can give to the charities I like

And not feel worse than I already do

For not supporting every other one

That comes knocking on my door

Or ringing me while I’m having dinner,

Regardless of the persistent requests

To be removed from their contact lists.



I don’t want to be famous.

I want my name to inspire

But not be associated with my face

Because I value the idea

That I could be anyone you see

And that whoever you pass in the street

Could be the one behind the talent

And that is a gift to the world.