Prose – Stage Front/Stage Fright


– Stage Front/Stage Fright –

The fourth wall is a shield;
As difficult to break
as it is to create.
When we perform to the circle of life,
we spread ourselves outward,
illuminated from all sides.
Without direction,
we grow lost in the play
of our emotions.
The show must always go on;
All lives their own stage,
all parts in motion.
If we choose to play our part,
to live out our roles in the world,
then we will never live in it alone.