Screenwriter's Lament

Flash of a camera,

the red carpet beckons

with promises of glory

and renown.

Yet it's an unfair world,

pitting brother against brother

and wife against husband

in a battle for recognition.

And 'tis only the actors,

the directors and producers

that gain the fame

so coveted by many.

What of the writers?

The thinkers? The dreamers?

What glory have they,

save one line in the credits?

'Tis a world of

superficial moonlight

and sea winds from the

giant fans off the set.

Trying to portray

the real with the unreal

until the boundary

is smudged to nothingness.