Corrected ON Fame Collection

Omar Elkoton
Professor Mounzer
Creative Writing
16 July 2009
On Fame
He can hear the crowd brimming with excitement
The torrent of their excitement, their love. Imbues him with
The cloak of a God

He is their hero
And he knows it
Should he tell them?

That the sheer weight of this image terrifies him
He’s not Superman, That’s just his secret identity
In reality. He’s just Clark Kent with an inferiority complex

He can’t tell them that

On Fame Continued

He can’t admit to being human
That in the dark corners of his heart
His fears and desires burn in a single flame of insecurity

He can’t even admit this to himself
If he did the flame would evaporate. Because
The image is padding so that he may wear the giant’s robe. Which

Exacerbate his insecurities. Because
He must be the giant. He must bring the stars down to the people
He must be their Prometheus. He must be the caretaker of their image of him.

Or, he will have to surrender his Cloak of Invincibility, and be swallowed by Obscurity.

On Fame Concluded
He must be Atlas
He must shoulder their dreams
He must be their better half

Why?
Because if he drops their dreams they’ll shatter
If he even shrugs their dreams will rattle and might shatter

He is God’s image, his reflection
He must constantly strive to be a hero
To be incorruptible because Sarron’s eye is fixed upon him recording his every breath

So, What should he tell them?