Globules of emotion
scatter
                                                                ­                     scatter
                                                         ­                                                                 ­                             scatter
                                                         ­                slipping thorough space
silvery mercurial drops
                                                           ­                    Perspectives shift
                                                           ­                   Characters change
                                                          ­                   I shed the persona.

                                                       ­                Devoid of the face-paint.
                                                     ­                             The Stage
                                                           ­                      comes alive
                                                           ­                shouts, cheers, claps
                                                           ­                                                                 ­                  and a deadly silence
that
                                                    ­                     tears through the masks
                                                           ­                                      the lights
                                                          ­                                       the actors
                                                          ­                                          and
                   ­                                                                 ­            the audience
It’s a high-
it climbs,
it falls
it takes me
against the flow
                                                            ­                                                                 ­             it’s the play of eternity

-Vijayalakshmi Harish
07/12/2006
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