Comic Redemption
COMIC REDEMPTION
Once when that black ice cloud confined me again
Penetrating mind and heart, freezing all aspiration
Taking me below resentment fear or pain
To a hopeless state of dull weary enervation
I heard a voice that transformed my demeanour
Max Miller, fabled comic in stand up routine performing
His art, vitality and zest were my spirit's redeemer
Divinely decadent achieving a mind's reforming
The fog of despondence dispersed and I once more saw light
And hugged myself for shared joy, laughter, life restored
Though my problems might still exist, somehow it was alright
I could face them and they didn't have me floored
With vitality broadcast from sacred creative spark
Though his genius was not what you would call fine art
It's effect was as great as if by Mozart or Bach
In raising my spirits, inspiring to once more take part
So a blessing on those with talent to give us mirth
Holy, unholy power to reveal life's balance and shatter
The belief that all has solemn, significant worth
And to see that sometimes it really just doesn't matter
Hence let lightness and joviality infect our space
Spread from Jupiter to gloomy Pluto and Angry Mars
So that even God that old curmudgeon will crack his face
And laughter then will echo round the stars
Copyright © Geoffrey Brewer | Year Posted 2017
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