Autopsy of the heart

 

Michael Jackson, who became a legend in his lifetime and who perhaps was a pioneer of the modern music age, is in the danger of becoming a circus object in the coming days and years; much like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe, people would be fascinated by this life of a star which burnt so brightly that it consumed itself all too soon…

People don’t seem to know how they should react exactly to his death. He had become a subject of much ridicule due to his erratic and quite unpredictable lifestyle and he had kept the rumour mills going for more than a decade, the heavy bulk of which had nothing to do with his music.

Suddenly with him gone, after the initial short homage paid to his talent, the media world is slowly turning to what it knows best…dissecting a dead man’s world mercilessly. Dead men don’t lie and nor can they defend themselves. The change of complexion and his transformation into a harrowing physical form is being shown much more than the music he created. The world is watching on vicariously as a one of the world’s most revolutionary and passionate performer is being turned into a circus item.

I can just hope that one day Michael will be remembered as a hugely talented mortal whose talent got ahead of him in life, a talent that got him to the top very quickly but one that did not equip him to deal with that life.

It was a talent that gave him the means to live in a personal Neverland but denied him the reality he always craved. It was a talent that gave the world the license to invade his most inner privacy and slice and dice his every word. It was also this talent that probably killed him at the end, when he starved himself to get into shape for his ‘final’ comeback tour.

Michael, there are a lot of things that will be said of you but there is one thing that I would like to say to you. We may autopsy your body but we can never autopsy your heart. It is this heart of yours that will always stay with those of us who have loved your music and what you had to say. Your heart is what we would always carry with us…

RIP Michael Jackson

“In My Anguish And My Pain
Through My Joy And My Sorrow
In The Promise Of Another Tomorrow
I'll Never Let You Part
For You're Always In My Heart.”

                                                     – from “Will you be there”

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