Shut Your Eyes Poem by Char Pattrick

When the lights fade
And when the curtains close
Will I still be able
Just to hear your voice

Or will it all be forgotten
Die down with the claps
Of people who have no idea

What the hell just happened

They liked it while it lasted
And now that it’s over
They wont remember you
Or who was not talking
When the curtains close
Drenched in our tears

When we cannot see
What’s behind that cloth
Will you come to me
Aid me in quest
And help me pull the string
To reveal the set
Tell them it’s all for real

Open their eyes wide
Show them what’s right
Tell apart what’s wrong
Do you think they’ll believe
Do you think I’m right
Or Am I just another
One without insight

And so the curtains close
Shutting away our lives
Trying to please us all
By telling we’re doing right

I want to believe
That I cannot die
But denying death

And I denied life

So I will bare
The pain that it will cause
Because I know you’re right
You always were correct

But maybe just this time
You’ll inject sunshine

And I will fade away
Into the darkest light
When the curtains close
Drenched in our tears
When we cannot see
What’s behind that cloth
Will you come to me

Aid me in quest
And help me pull the string
To reveal the set
Tell them it’s make believe
Open their eyes wide
Show them what’s right
Tell apart from wrong

Do you think they’ll believe
Do you think I’m right
Or Am I just another
One without insight
Alone I stand watching
You struggle to walk
Down the aisle of chairs

Drenched in audience faith

Coated in gold
It’s all a fake
Nothing will last forever
Tell them I miss their laugh

Their smile when I mess up
Life is like a play

We all learn our roles
And wait for curtains close

You smile and wave
And make out the door
While the velvet sinks
Back down to the floor

Casting a shadow

And so I shut my eyes
I watch them take my love
And write my name on the wall

So I walk away
Taking backstage pass
Off to something else
Something that will last