spotlight
A device that divines and delivers grandeur upon a chosen few under its beam. It is the stage’s merciless playwright, exiling the unseen into oblivion. It wields attention and neglect as dual instruments, dispensing the heady elixir of narcissism. Those anointed by its glow taste fleeting triumph but are forever haunted by the shadows they leave behind. Its brightness is praised as validation while betraying its true nature as a ruthless barometer of worth.