A Thespian's Love Affair Poem by Thoughts of a Single Man

A Thespian's Love Affair

It is there within the confines of her grace

that I find my comfort

drawn to her as I am

I heard the unspoken call

the one that claims so many in her beckomi8ng whisper

I am healed from all angst and shielded from all pain

for I am transported by her

to a place where there is nothing but the essence of my art

I fondly recall the words of the scripted authors

and breathe my own breath of life into them

leaving the signature of my individual craft

I become the character created

not an imitation of the words

but a reflection of my own being

as seen thorough the eyes of another

and it is to thee I pledge my heart

upon her herald platform I prance, I dance,

and I nimbly move in front of the shadows of the audience

a thousand eyes upon me

though their face3s a rarely seen

I become anger, love, torment, hope, and regret

a myriad of emotions displayed

like the hues of the kaleidoscope seeping from my core

and poured forth in the performance at hand

late at night when all have gone

I return to her in my stoic solace

and wade gratefully upon the waters of her empty stage

and say a prayer of silent thanks that I found her

in a bond that shall never sever

as long as I able to become a part of her

she is all I need

all I bleed

all I read

as I am held in her eternal gaze

and twirl in the crystal of her expanding eye

from the moment of my first recited line

the initial tingle down my spine behind her curtain

the images seen and rehearsed in my mind

and I am certain I shall never leave her

for she is my love

and I her noble mate deemed by fate

for she is the theater

and I could never love another

as I humbly take my final bow for the evening

and exit from her stage left


Thoughts of a Single Man 2012 tm