Smile for the camera,
It’s on you
But this will be the only time.

You started young
And the next moment
you age,
unhindered by the normal regulations
of space
and tme.

The camera is on you
Just think that,
Forget the moment before
When you were no one.

Ignore the time ahead
Where they will know you
But only with disdain.
The fact that your stunt double
will work again
is irrelevant.

Look at the light
in your face,
blinding,
don’t look away
face the camera!
You must be seen
Face the audience!

Years later,
When a young kid
Asks for an autograph,
You might not just look like someone
You might be someone
At least for another
brief moment