A beautiful day breaking out
(or at least that's what I'm made to think)
Sunrays just the right amount of slant
Clouds shading only the required bit exact
Trees still, waiting as if
for the play to begin
Stage set
Props in place
Script ready,
(must have been for some time)
although I wouldn't be given it
except for some random prompts-
thoughts, intuitions, intentions,
one or one too many,
at once or all at once
Some to mug up
some make up on the spot
(I'm given to think)
the scene is not already thought
and no takes or retakes allowed
more than the ones
I take or don't
Lousy or sharp
I get just one shot
Others playing their part
are just as clueless
- my only solace
in living the drama of life
on stage, off stage
The curtains fall only once
till then it is just
on and on and on
on stage, off stage, every place
Even as I sleep
the stage's being set,
script getting last touches
Alas, no draft to meet my eyes
until yet again
it's already too late
and I've performed the scene
unrehearsed
unrealised
I was only supposed to be acting
instead of taking it
serious as life.
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