"The Quiet After Fame" 🌧

For Aaron Carter

He sang before he knew the cost,
A child of rhythm, bright but lost.
The world adored the golden hair,
But never asked if he was there.

Spotlights shone like second skin,
Applause outside, but not within.
Each verse he sang, a hidden plea,
“Does anyone see more than me?”

The glitter clung, the years flew past,
And childhood faded far too fast.
They called him "star" and cheered his name,
But never saw the weight of fame.

Behind the glam, behind the flash,
Was someone chasing something that
No stage could give, no chart could keep—
Just fleeting echoes lost in sleep.

He fell, he fought, he rose again,
Each scar a map of where he’d been.
Addiction’s grip, the media’s eye—
He tried to live, not justify.

And then, a son — a softer role,
A chance to stitch a fractured soul.
He held him close, a sacred thread,
A reason now to fight ahead.

But life was heavy, healing slow,
And pain finds places light won’t go.
One final breath, a silent room,
A melody that ends too soon.

The boy we knew, the man we lost,
The warmth he gave, the lines he crossed.
Not perfect — no, but never fake,
A heart too open, bound to break.

So rest now, Aaron, let it be—
No more storms, no more to see.
And may your son, with time and grace,
Still find your smile in his own face.

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