BACKSTAGE

Where the action really happens. Inspired by Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods'

BACKSTAGE

 

Backstage the scene is set

when the curtain falls

the actors disperse.

 

It's hard to tell where

reality rip holes

in fantasies verse.

 

A black velvet sky

crammed full of stars.

Is it just illusion?

 

A backdrop pierced

light shines through

lost in confusion.

 

Protagonists meet

then part again

after mumbling their lines.

 

I sit in darkness

in sacred silence

waiting to say mine.

 

Echoes of footsteps

hairs stand to attention

on my cold skin.

 

I turn to see nobody

except the body

I'm left in.

 

© D.Hinson