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The Last Show I don't like this time of year - mid April It's too grey and dingy I don't like this time of year Because it's the last show. Last shows are bittersweet 12 performances and I'm tired Lots of late nights and endless rehearsals And yet, the end brings a finality to all the fun I've had. There will be no more rehearsals There will be no more sweating over lines There will be no more applause and spotlights to appease my schizophrenic mind. There will just be an empty stage without a set there will be no directions from directors, and no fulfillment I can't remember when I've enjoyed myself more and yet, tonight, Ann Frank will be gone And it will be all over until the next time. Until the next time that I attend an audition, a cattle call For a new season, and a new play and take the chance I may not get a part. If I don't get a part I WILL feel crushed and my ego WILL be bruised An actor's lot can be an unhappy one yet the ego must remain strong. Because there will always be another time when I'm called upon to do a part And step into the spotlight once again to trod the boards where the stage will become a living entity once again. The stage will no longer be empty (then) and it will resound to the cacophony of noise and sound textures and smells Of lights and perhaps music to embrace that dark side of me (let it be known that most actors are introverts) I like making people happy, myself happy and I live, and await their applause. I will live and breathe, and attempt to give life to a writer who perhaps lived long ago I will try to get into their skin, and their mind so that once again I will feel one with them the writer, myself, the audience. Why act? What is this obsession to be someone we're not? perhaps it's just that - an obsession To step out of our life for one brief moment in time and to become that person we've always wanted to be. That person - no matter what the role is really us - moulded into that being And we bring our pain, our passion, our joy and sorrow into it so that we may go on and live another day. |
Additional Notes:
Acting is my passion away from my demanding job. If I could start all over again....
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