Why Do I Love You So Poem by Patti Masterman

Why do I love to love you so-
Star of the screen; silver delusion
Incorporeal phantasm- is life that empty
That only your perpetual dramas

Can move me:
Dream without a dreamer
Story without a beginning
Witness without a proof

Watching you, is it that I can forget
For a time, my life's little pettiness
Is your celebrity antidote
To my complete lack of memorability?

Living through you, there is no failure
For an hour or an afternoon
Even if your personal life
Leaves much to be desired

We won't go there- we have agreed
To be entertainer and entertained
Is it my fault if you go home
To empty bottles, a broken life?

Try my life on for a while
There are no bright lights, no cameras
Every day will seem the same
No film will ever roll.

No one's heart aches for me
No one celebrates my triumphs
Follows my relationships
Stalks me for an impromptu photo

When the credits roll at the end
There will be no names, set to music
Above an elegant black background
So if you ever want to trade places-

fade to black..