如果不是MJ亲自朗诵的诗歌《行星地球》（Planet Earth）近日在网上曝光，我们也许不会知道他不仅是流行天王，还是一位诗人。或许“诗人”这词现在这年头听起来有点不是滋味。但MJ在诗歌还像是“黄金在天空舞蹈”时就开始写诗了。1992年，他甚至出版过一本诗歌散文集《梦舞诗话》（Dancing The Dream），《行星地球》正是收录在其中。
人们这样赞美诗歌：”好诗是一种坚硬的、纯净发光的东西。”（安东尼·阿尔托）或者是“一种魔力或一块水晶的某种自然的东西被粉碎或劈开了。”（保尔·瓦雷里）这听起来都像是在描述MJ的心。
所以也不奇怪MJ的墓志铭是一首诗——《如果》，作者是英国诺贝尔文学奖获得者——拉迪亚德·吉卜林。
If
By Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools;
在《This Is It》即将上映之际，让我们以这样“老土”的方式纪念热爱诗歌和歌唱的MJ。愿诗意的光辉永远照耀他，天上人间。
