I sit on the stage.
Darkness surrounds me.
The audience, if there is one,
Is silent.
There are no props on the stage
Only layers of black curtains.
I don’t remember auditioning for a play,
But here I am.
It’s odd there is no music or
Other players.
I sit in my darkness for what seems like forever
But there is still no sound, no movement, no life.
Just stillness and a mild sense of confusion.
I feel the space in front of me more than see it.
I sense it is there, curtains in a circular shape
A boundary perhaps but between what and where?
The other side is unknown and unknowable
Until the show begins.
But will it begin? Still no script or players,
No music or lights.
I run my hand through my hair to prove to myself that
I am still real in this sensory deprived place.
But what is real about an empty stage, a wordless play,
A playerless story?
I begin to realize that
None of those things matter.
All is stillness and non-separate.
The “show” never begins and never ends.
The circular curtain and empty stage contain eternity
And this space is an empty place within me.
There will be no play, no script,
No lights, no audience.
This story is mine, the darkness my stillness,
The only witness, me.
Just me as part of the universal consciousness
Acting out a play of well-rehearsed lines without ever saying a word.
Each player a part of the whole
Never separate from the others.
All joined in the cosmic drama
Of existence.
The curtain rises on one story, one actor, one consciousness
In an act that never ends.
Nicely done, M. I was in this place a bit myself for the last 12 hours or so! But then we are so often in the same place…. big hugs to you. And, I think the story will play itself out at some point. The lights will come on, and the curtains will part. 💙
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Thanks D. I know we are soul sisters from way back!! so happy to know you, love and hugs 🙂
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What philosophy! Your poems simply inspire me a lot. And they also have given me new ideas. I have written a poem pretty much similar to this one. So its always nice to visit blogs which contain opinions similar to that of mine. I absolutely love this blog. And this probably is the best poem I’ve read in this blog.
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Thank you so much for all your comments and for reading so many of my poems. I truly appreciate all of it and thank you for your interest. Michelle
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My pleasure.
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