Denouement
DENOUEMENT
No one had stuck to the script.
Improvisation had become the necessity
of constantly changing sets.
The orchestra pit, gaping maw
of failure, waiting to devour
tongue tied practiced lines,
reverberating costumed fears
masquerading as “stage” presence,
applauded by long vacant stares.
Passion, lost amid lust,
love, tainted by doubt,
time’s creaky stage
counting cadence
of faltering steps
hesitation.
Echoed shadows
family, friends,
supporting cast
last act, last scene, last bow,
flowers wilting
final curtain call.
8/13/2016
submitted to – Denouement – Poetry Contest
sponsor – Nayda Ivette Negron
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