Curtains rise,
Lights go up.
Here I am,
For all to see.
I am acting,
Involuntarily.
I was thrust,
Upon this stage.
It is bare,
All except I.
No other actors,
No one but me.
Put on this stage,
For the world to see.
Here I am,
Here I live
But this stage
Isn't a home.
Here I smile,
Here I'm perfect.
No, this stage
Isn't a home.
On the inside I'm crying.
On the inside I'm dying.
Into the abyss I'm falling.
Then I hear
The director's call,
I smile again.
Then?
The lights go dark,
And the curtains fall.
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