(Only one of many poems I want to write about the two)
Afterwards, Life is Oh So Beautiful
Fall from grace
But the same
No camera, lights or stage
One Black the other White
A singer, the other an actor
Different life styles different backgrounds
Poverty & Wealthy
Curtom & Hollywood
1991 & 1995 spinal cords snapped
On stage & on a horse
Out of the public’s eye
Two paths never intertwine
Therapy behind close doors
Trying to get back to studio’s floors
With cameras & microphones
No more Superfly Superman
Looking through the Rear Window
But not seeing each other
One saw inner cities
The other suburbs
Connected & separated by spinal fluid
One fought for a cure
The other spoke about New World Order
Singing “Life Is Oh So Beautiful..”
Cameras, doctors and politicians following him
While Spike Lee “ Get On The Bus” with him
Stem Cell research social justice lyrics
Life did changed afterwards
But not a lot still acting still singing
Both disabled but oh so dissimilar
Media followed one
And let the other fade away
But when it’s all done
Whatever politics you might like
My Beautiful Brother of Mine
Both gone from this earth
“Never forget the life we live is oh so beautiful..”
By Leroy Moore
12/5/10