Ode To the Unsung Hero

I salute the devotee of his craft who diligently pursued perfection with no recognition but remained true to himself and trudged along but lost to the dynamics of politics and the bottom line He was not in his time and space of Fame I lift my glass to her, the Fool who trusted them with a better idea only to lose it anyway but remained true to herself She knew not how to play the devious Game To the saints unselfish who cared for humankind but were overshadowed by by fanatics religious, emirs and kings Heaven was not theirs to Claim To the writer not read and the artist well dead and the musicians who longed to play their songs and share in their glory but not to Be So let us applaud them loudly they remained true to themselves Let them bask in the sunshine if for only a brief time or at least until the sun goes Down