Hiding On Stage

Posted by Brad Osborne on April 29, 2020 · 29 Comments 

 

 

It’s been said “all the world’s a stage”

and we are merely players,

but the social media rage

spawns just soliloquy sayers.

 

Moments that real actors pray for,

their stepping into the spotlight,

arranged by director du jour

and captured in a perfect light.

 

Little pearls of polished wisdom

hitting their marks front and center.

Scenery chewed and hams become,

when the diva egos enter.

 

On a real stage, the spotlight shows

all the good, but also the bad.

But you’re the only one that knows

when your laughter is hiding sad.

 

For who wants to take the spotlight

to flub a line or ugly cry.

Show our world when life isn’t just right

Somehow let our character die

 

 

 

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