Captivate

She was a singer,

She was a model,

She was an actor,

And she lived in multi-dimensions reaming 

the hefty weight of tag Sex Symbol.

She progressed through complicated relationships by giving the profession a priority. 

In an industry driven by men, she remained determined by burying the need for a pretty woman within her.

She hoped she meant something for the personages 

through her entertainment.

But glamour and fame come at the price of pain.

Love is divine but not almighty, and she became a maniac 

By supplanting celebrity and pills to find 

comfort from her loneliness.

Trade and politics made her a pawn,

with a psychic disruption, 

she lived as a zombie.

She battled poverty in childhood.

She battled the abuse in childhood.

She battled marriage at the age of 16.

She fought for her identity 

and always had a passion for art propelled with confidence.

 

She lay on her couch, in her early thirties

with no throb and jolted the world.

The plot of her retirement got fascinated, and it didn’t regard any value 

While she got massacred emotionally 

ahead of her destruction in the hunt for love.

Fashion befalls her vogue.

The sale happens on her assets.

People collected her belongings with a hefty 

cheque and sustain her in the salon 

To depict her as artwork reproduction.

None of the hefty cheques 

could provide her shoulder 

when she needed it the most.

Real men don’t utilize women as objects.

Real ladies don’t abuse their freedom 

for sharing emotions.

Real aficionados respect artwork and performers.

Real followers and well-wishers see the figure, past rumours.

There is a script behind the camera which 

media couldn’t apprehend.

There is a soul behind the makeup 

across genders, 

which suffers in the gloom, 

Where caress and caring are of need.

Heed surpassing the eyepiece 

as we are better than contrivances 

by possessing a heart.

This poem is a tribute to Marilyn Monroe and 

many actors whose life went into anarchy.

The life of an actor spreads 

past their roles on the stage 

never conclude a character 

based on on-stage performance and rumours.