Queen of Summer Stock

Once she was a queen of Summer Stock
Two seconds later she was an actress of a different kind

Scoring turned into a sport where life hangs in the balance

Thirty years turns to forty, looking sixty, s**t luck right?

Hanging it up means one of two things

Trying and failing or trying and ending

One always sounded better depending on the point in the cycle

How can beauty and talent turn to satiation and desperation on a dime?

Mother Mary can you shed some light?

I want to be the center of the burning heart of Jesus

Mother Mary have you walked the hard mile?

I want to know I am not alone

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Mother Mary never ages, but many of us also think we don't...but the wear and tear of life and years definitely shows...
we may feel young on the inside, or not, but if we depend just on our looks to survive,
"Death be not Proud"----as the book title said.
j.

[Kesch (Finding Julia)]

Excellent and powerful, This is so very good. LOVE your last stanza a lot. Just simply amazing

[barleygirl]

Very powerful writing! Your intense word portrait is painted in light strokes, but each sends a reader into a long reverie of conjured experience. Love the balance between showing her journey as raggedy but still beautiful & heartfelt (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Robert Trakofler]

you and me both brother Crowley:) I will never be able to express how amazed I am at how you pack so much punch into so few lines it is your zen quality me thinks! I cant help but think of this local actress I new of whom was kind of famous for being everyone's understudy and I mean big production understudy but never got over that hump... so she settled here in the burgh and worked summer stock for many years and taught the young budding actors and actresses (and had her fill of them too if you know what I mean) Had she chose me I would of gladly complied by the way she was sexy as hell and had such a presence to her! you practically painted her portrait in these three stanzas

[emmajoy]

'How can beauty and talent turn to satiation and desperation on a dime?'

Like old wrestlers, walkers et al, the performer is what she (and he!) is.. and once passed, found to have been betrayed by those who should have thought of the one earning the bucks. Even that passes all understanding.

Whether this actually applied to only woman who can go anywhere, even over the rainbow.. or to the woman who gave the rainbow to the testament, who's to know. Depends on how we interpret your writing, the thoughts that we dare to delve into! Over the years, however people see women at their best and in their decline, it's up to affection, belief of, and a touch of more of trust in self and empathy for- whatever. An interesting post, will probably turn out to be on the wrong path, but I like to adventure, Crowley!

[Crowley]

You are rarely on a wrong path. That is exactly what I was thinking. We were in the mountains with friends having wine and talking show tunes, Judy came up and just gave me a little sad inspiration. You as always have lined it out with an expert eye. Hope you are well, and thank you for the review!!!

[emmajoy]

Love that song, love that performer.. have read biographies and find it hard to think of that rainbow heart insulted.. to be seriously honest. Pleasure to read you and apologise for not leaving more reviews.. will try, Crowley. Hope all's well in your busy world.

[lightsong]

I read this few times, aiming and wanting to catch the depth of Your words because I knew there is something behind it. unfortunately, to reach our dreams we may be forced to walk in roads we don't want, the big problem when we stumble in that road and get stuck without being able to move on or walk through it. Art was never for money, Art is the messenger to this world from the world beyond, and when a real Artist finds him/her self in a position they don't like, their core ache, I know some people who may tell You to change whom You are and how You write (of course we are not talking here about learning and growing) so You can be read and You can sell. my question to them, if You are untrue to Your self and the real You, how You will make Your reader believe You? and how Your words will sell then?

[Crowley]

What you say is true, if the art is fair to the reader and the world and can be universally identifiable...that is the goal. This one is about Judy Garland and others like her where the art and beauty conquered them, all the while those that should be taking care of her were her demise instead. Thanks Light!!! Good to see you!!

[lightsong]

good to see You too my friend :)

[kentuck14]

C,
I read this while listening to slow jazz . . . seemed to fit the tone of the poem.
Interesting piece my friend. What inspired it?
T

[Crowley]

It was a passing thought about Judy Garland. Was sitting on a porch with friends in the mountains, and someone mentioned her and I liked in Wikipedia and this is what came out. Thanks for the review my friend. I totally Ned yo catch up, been shutting down a business and starting a new job, it’s been quite busy of late!

[kentuck14]

best of fortune with your new endeavor.
T

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

If i didnt know better Cee, this sounds like me as of late.lmbo! You have such a way with words! I miss ya!

[Crowley]

You are always the queen and I would have come to see you st summer stock!!!!

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

Sometimes, we need something to keep us on. Though time passes to make things old, snatching away things we once cherished.
We just need something to keep us on the run and never be a person existing but not living.
This is what the poem speaks to me.

It's really great, Crowley.

[Crowley]

Thank you so much for the thoughtful review. Much appreciated!

[Lorry]

There is something that keeps drawing my attention to the word desperation, perhaps because of her life, or perhaps it was the style of her acting. Even as a kid I wasn't surprised to hear she had problems, but of course, being from the world of celebrity, fame has a way of altering reality that for too many doesn't end well.
The last line transcends fame and can affect even us mortals.
Did she ever have a chance?

[Crowley]

I don’t think so, I see her as a young woman and think of only the possibilities. Those eyes....the struggle is no accident in my mind, adoration takes the life outta you, especially when it’s the people who dress you up in the doll clothes. Thanks Lorry!!!