Applause

Stop to listen
Hold the thought
Imagination's
Captured, caught

Wait for a response
Eye meets eye
Connected again
You can't deny

The role was played
Beautifully
Beyond compare
Exemplary
Lines delivered
Without a pause
So stand and wait
For your applause

But nothing's heard as you bow
Tell me, what will you do now?

Curtain rises
On another show
Time to act
It's all you know

Does the crowd smile
When you play this part
Do you feel them tug at
Your intellect or heart?

The role was played
Dreadfully
Beyond contempt
I pity thee
Lines delivered
Without a pause
So stand and wait
For boos from the stalls

They won't listen as you bow
Tell me, what will you do now?