In the Wings

Waiting for the cue

For the first step in the light

Brighter than day

Breathing deep

Mind at rest

And buzzing

All at once

The crowd is there

But it's the story that moves me

(Not the applause)

The lines

The songs

The beatific face

I show them

Time to play pretend

To step out of my life

For a short while

To forget everything

To forget myself

To be another life

To live another dream

To see the world another way

If only for a moment

Dressing Up

Just for once

Pretend

To be something

Someone

From another time or place

Robotic

Piratical

Olympian god

Lying, you say

Play acting

A childish game of pretend

Perhaps it is

But children know the truth of this

The clothes, the lace, the parasol

May not be the modern you

The you projected to the world

But it reflects the something of yourself

You keep

Deep

Inside

The someone whom you hide

And shut away

The someone others

Never understand

Shut it away no more

And play

Be open to the you

You can learn from

The you you can become.