Behind the Curtain

Location

11238
United States
40° 40' 49.8108" N, 73° 57' 44.7588" W

The curtain is pulled back.

Time to begin acting.

But no butterflies, no stage fright.

I am comfortable playing this part, for I do it often.

 

Acting is natural by now.

I have become my part, which is what only best actors can do.

I have no fans, no one realizes how good I am.

But that's how I like it- anonymous.

 

I can shake any feeling when I'm acting.

Nausea? Gone. Mental breakdown? They can't know. Crumbling, dying inside? Not a sign.

I won't allow my audience to know if anything is wrong,

since that's what actors do, right?

 

I love my job; acting is my passion now.

But the audience is my friends

and the stage never ends

and the curtain is the sheet of my bed.

 

So I pull back the curtain and play the part.

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