There’s an infamous
club made up of those
of youth and genius
and sensitive hearts.

They’re poets, singers,
musicians and such,
vulnerable they were
possessing incredible gifts.

The unblinking eye of
society watching
became overwhelming
to their wild abandon.

Weight was added by
these looks and anxiety
expanded; the spotlight
grew–reprieve was sought.

Joplin, Morrison, Hendrix,
Cobain, Winehouse and
Basquiat were but a few
whose lives were snuffed.

Brilliant, charismatic,
lights extinguished
by life’s harshness
that became too much.

Not really wild, but
creative and insightful,
their emotions unaligned
with culture’s boxed formation.

Image via Wikipedia Jim Morrison 1970; Photo Public Domain-- My entry for dVerse Poetics; WILD: http://dversepoets.com/2011/11/26/poeticswild/