Show

Before a show I like to sit in the theatre, on stage or in the auditorium
on my own
in the dark
before the lights go up and the magic begins.

I study the stage, each object, each prop
in a few hours the actors will be on stage,
the technicians making the final adjustments
the audience finding their seats.

Now it is calm
and there is just me
and the playwright

Invisible

Waiting for life.

The air in a theatre has a peculiar quality
Channelled lights on empty spaces
Empty chairs waiting for an occupant.

An enclosed darkness.
Waiting for breath, for speech
for drama.

Death, life and taxes, all on a 10 by 8
changeable people, changeable stories
but right now
me
here
alone

in an empty room.