Curtain Call

Now as I write myself out of the play
Time comes and goes and brings a change of scene
I live I love say what I mean to say
But there is no one to know what I mean

With the audience I will fade away
Along with you who will fade away too
Yet all of us as one now we who fade
Encore the light as we pass into shade

After a good run when the play is done
As we fade together then you and I
As all who are born and who live must die
In birth and death as in life we are one

The curtain is certain to fall on us all

And so we write ourselves out of the play
Time comes and goes and brings a change of scene
I lived I loved said what I meant to say
But there was no one to know what I mean

Let all of us as one now we who fade
Although we fade vow not to fade away
Encore the light as we pass into shade
The end of the play surprises this way

The curtain must fall before our curtain call

+Steven Curtis Lance



Copyright MMVI

(lifts the batwings
'oh there you are' *smiles)

After commenting on a few poems on authorsden i will briefly say the same here, awesome writing, great to travel with you

*F

this contained all the beauty and imagery ..this took my breath away. flawless work.


misty

Thank you both, beautiful people and poets which you are; your words make my heart glad.

This poem will serve as the inscription for my newest book, which is called

Dancing Naked in a Haunted House

so it is an important poem for me. It will look nice there inside the front cover, centered in italics, with no title nor anything extraneous, just the words themselves.

I am so happy you find meaning in it. I did put my heart into this poem, with greatest intensity of feeling. It's... one of my existential ones, to say the least. If you want to see my illustration for it--which is actually called "Curtain Call in Hell"--you can visit me at AuthorsDen at this link:

http://www.authorsden.com/stevencurtislance

I illustrate all my poems with a carefully-chosen image there. It's fun.

I look forward to my new book. It will, essentially, be my second volume of Collected Poems. There will be three hundred of my very best inside, and it will be published in both softcover and hardcover editions simultaneously. I hope you will enjoy it.

Love,

+Stevie