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the curtains rise and all i can think about are the rows of faces that i know nothing about and the pressure of putting on a good show my body moves according to muscle memory as the music starts to play don't miss your cue don't miss your cue don't miss your cue i hit each note and beat as needed, but that's just the first scene you come up on stage once again the same time i do and you look at me the way you were instructed to do so don't break character don't break character don't break character i deliver the lines as i'd internalized for but little do you know i'm dying inside we're told to look eye to eye for this one song and i slide my fingers through the spaces between yours don't fall in love don't fall in love don't fall in love i braced myself for the last few notes of the song, but i braced myself even more for the reality that is to come once the curtains come down i approach you offstage with every intention to tell you what i feel but i miss my cue i put on a strong face to show i'm not hurting but i break character i told myself i wouldn't let my feelings get in the way but i fell in love
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Feb 4, 2018
Feb 4, 2018 at 11:45 PM UTC
on/off stage
the curtains rise and all i can think about are the rows of faces that i know nothing about and the pressure of putting on a good show my body moves according to muscle memory as the music starts to play don't miss your cue don't miss your cue don't miss your cue i hit each note and beat as needed, but that's just the first scene you come up on stage once again the same time i do and you look at me the way you were instructed to do so don't break character don't break character don't break character i deliver the lines as i'd internalized for but little do you know i'm dying inside we're told to look eye to eye for this one song and i slide my fingers through the spaces between yours don't fall in love don't fall in love don't fall in love i braced myself for the last few notes of the song, but i braced myself even more for the reality that is to come once the curtains come down i approach you offstage with every intention to tell you what i feel but i miss my cue i put on a strong face to show i'm not hurting but i break character i told myself i wouldn't let my feelings get in the way but i fell in love
#theater#curtains#stage#character#fingers
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samcrates
Feb 4, 2018
Feb 4, 2018 at 11:45 PM UTC
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