Incognito Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Incognito



Repressed successes,
To self impose...
Minimizes excessive fanfare,
For those with controlled egos...
Who are not promoting or outside,
Seeking addicting exposure.
Or have become overdosed by it.

An incognito success acquired,
And one obtains...
Seems more enduring and maintains,
Happiness that remains...
Far less stressful.
Compared to some who want it known,
Attention they desire.
With a craving for it shown.
And then to get.
To discover that an announced,
Success to believe achieved...
Has left them depressed.
Subjected to loneliness.
And regretfully forgettable.

It is best not to publicly,
Address one's successes.
Since...
When they are left to be discovered,
No one suspects those successes...
To be connected to someone,
Who has accepted and enjoys...
Being left ignored.
And that kind of happiness kept,
Needs not to be routinely expressed.

'I didn't know how well known,
You are.
I would have treated you,
With more respect.'

-I treat you with respect,
Because that's what I do.
What you've done and who knows it,
Is not going to change...
My point of view,
To respect you more or less.-

'But...
I'm not famous.'

-Trust me,
You have qualities...
More advanced,
Than those I know with fame.
They couldn't afford what you have.

As far as I'm concern,
Your success is better left...
Just the why it is.
Genuine.-

Friday, November 11, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: life
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