'Pon this grand Stage we call "Life,"
t'is up to you, and only you,
to be a Character,
or to otherwise sink
into a stagnant state,
being just another Extra.
Which will you choose?
I know I've chosen:
seize what days I have.
You can be banal,
it's easy and unrewarding;
set up for yourself
a mundane Life;
letting each day
pass evermore begrudgingly
as redundant iterations and projections
of your own uninteresting Mind,
or,
you can defy that lull of Life,
you can deviate from the herd
you can be an exquisite piece of Art-
created by the very act of existing,
moderately uncompromisingly,
howsoever that happens to be
that you, alone, desire.
(Anyone seeking so much as to try
to stop, limit or discourage you
is unhealthy for your potential)
Will you find yourself
on the long list
of names so long forgotten,
or will you be
remembered, forevermore,
by thy peers?
Tell me, Self,
I'm curious:
which shall be thy choice:
a Path of a Character,
or that of a mere Extra?
Better still,
because talk is so cheap,
so superfluous:
show me.
Show me.
Show me who you truly are.
I want to be unable to disbelieve.
I refuse to be an Extra
in the story of my own Life.
I refuse to be an Extra
if I have any say in the matter.
Would you?
Do you?
Are you?
Well, show me:
we shall see.