Curtain Time

Curtain Time by Odin Roark The warnings The preparation The moment Such expectancy Be it plebeian Or royal instinct Openings' glitter Brings incessant challenges Making hoary one's existence So functions the undertow The inward monitor Yours Mine Those backstage Probity unseen Untested How diligent this amorphous reality This integrity always in the making Urging while cautious Impotent while daring Tactical while fearful For it knows missteps Begin in the wings Yet Blinding lights lure Sounds of acceptance seduce Daring casts its fate Across one's personal footlights Moment's truth is heard Why This need for lights Applause Veneration Once reserved for artists Of the stage? We only know Celebritydom Entices the ignorant The smart The genius And the saintly The world is one big curtain Al-Qaeda Congress Hollywood Domestic and career aspirants Even philanthropies Clamor for the luminosity The sweat of anticipation The roar of acceptance Not yet knowing the silence Of an empty house Such is reality Sooner Or Later