Metamorph-addict (the condition of a performer)

I like to change myself

Not just change myself 

 

Every role

becomes a part of me.

I absorb, absorb, and inhale 

the after-effects of the substances:

Acting

Singing

Dancing

Performing

Existing

ALTERING AND MODIFYING EXISTANCE!!!

 

The never ending recipe, called "Myself"

Adding more and more ingredients:

The innocent eyes of a youth...

The tears of a star-crossed lover...

The bloodshed of a hero...

The brave, tragic, sacrifice made by a mother...

 

Your life, at the hands of a script

written by some unknown figure behind words on a page...

Your life...is an arena of terror, wonder, and inspiration.  

Inescapable, positively amazing, madness.

 

The prize you recieve

is the change you undergo

yet in many ways...

the prize is the same as the price you may pay.

 

It is constant

then becomes inconstant

and then constant again.

Change.

 

And yet, you are addicted to this life...

you are addicted to becoming something...that later becomes a part of yourself.

 

This job, this perpetual task of creation,

makes it so

your life never remains the same....

This life is not for everyone...

it is not for the meek.  

It is only for those who are willing "to be ______"

 

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