For One Moment

For One Moment An aging actress Standing on the stage Her legs are withered and weak Her looks have disappeared with age She has played a thousand roles Harlot, mother, daughter and nun She played them all She became them all Now, she recites lines from her favorite play But there is no applause There are no fans in the empty room She stands alone Unloved and unremembered One last line The curtain will fall on her performance She has become just a footnote Someone just mentioned theatre classes If even then But standing on a stage in an empty theatre For that moment she is a star