Vogue

Strange how you chide me
for my use of rhyme,
my merriment of tone,
and my irreverence
towards subject,
while you squalor
in dreary, morose shades
of self-inflicted torment
speaking in phrases
only you understand.
Pity that you are the vogue...
lauded by others who seemingly,
like you, live lives
not worth living
in celebration of sorrow
as the revelry of life
passes you by.