"An Old Celebrity"

Currently the sky is silent
Someone must have stolen its thunder.

It used to draw lots of attention
crowd of clouds, rain, dust and the wind
used to follow it everywhere,
everyone used to listen to it
when it had the thunder.

But now it’s all gone
someone has stolen its thunder.

I do not know
if I need to feel sorry
for the fallen moment,
or just ignore it
thinking this is the way of the world
as it too
had stolen the thunder
from some other moment.

Perhaps
the king is dead
long live the king.

Shiva Gautam
Nashville, TN, USA

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