It Becomes Princess Di, Again and Again

We put them

On a pedestal

Expecting them

Not to fall

But the wind shifts

And their imperfections show

And like a house of cards

They often fall.

We place them

In a box

Of impossible standards

After all

They are supposed to

Be role models

But the second they

Make a mistake

The slightest misstep

We turn on them

Like an enemy.

We criticize their

Every move

Quick to judge them

For what they eat,

Or do

Stripping away

Every privacy,

After all they

Signed up for this

Didn’t they?

But again and again

We’ve seen so many

Fade away

Like a candle

Flickering

In the wind,

And it becomes

Princess Di,

Again and again.

We put them

On a pedestal

Expecting them

Not to fall

But the wind shifts

And their imperfections show

And like a house of cards

They often fall.

We place them

In a box

Of impossible standards

After all

They are supposed to

Be role models

But the second they

Make a mistake

The slightest misstep

We turn on them

Like an enemy.

We criticize their

Every move

Quick to judge them

For what they eat,

Or do

Stripping away

Every privacy,

After all they

Signed up for this

Didn’t they?

But again and again

We’ve seen so many

Fade away

Like a candle

Flickering

In the wind,

And it becomes

Princess Di,

Again and again.

We put them on

A pedestal

Expecting them not

To fall

But the wind shifts

And the house of cards

Inevitably falls.

© Michelle R Kidwell

August.15.2017

1:25 A.M P.S.T