Rico Lamoureux's Blog: Cafe Lamoureux - Posts Tagged "michael-jackson"

Five years since one of the greatest artistic geniuses of all-time left us for what lies beyond. A half a decade, that in some ways seems longer, but in other instances, such as clicking play on one of his masterpieces, that shocking day in June of '09 comes back in an instant. As if the president had come on-air to announce that sunny days would no longer be the norm, but instead to be rationed and savored, the saddening fact that the world had changed for the worse froze in time. We would all remember where we were, what we were doing, when the King of Pop abruptly left his court of admirers, his majestic throne now sitting empty, with no one worthy enough, talented enough, to take his place as rightful heir. (Although some of us can't help but to hope that like Arthur and the sword in the stone, Blanket will one day slip on the loafers, tilt the fedora, and resurrect the power of daddy.)

The past five years have cemented the fact that music had lost its magic on that 4th. day of the summer of '09. When sunny brightness turned to mournful grey. When the most prolific genius of our time succumbed to such greatness. (Toxicology reports proved that with the exception of the propofol, he was healthy, clean, and fit. Only by the use of that drug, a drug that does nothing but render one unconscious, was he able to escape the amazing power of creative genius long enough to get some sleep.)

Michael Jackson, who's name is synonymous with the highest level of human greatness, will live on as a lesson to all who would seek to better themselves. To embody his compassion, to strive for the level of excellence he so well reflected, is a state of being that if embraced by all, would indeed heal the world.