The stage.

This is the staled

the stagnate scene

this is the setting

the start of it all

this is the only time

 terror tightens together

 trembles draw me deep

 fantasies tear easy of the target

This is the staled

the stagnite scene

this is the setting

the start of it all

forever we'll find

we fancied our chance

forced to fight hard 

for things not long since felt

This is the staled

the stagnate scene

this is the setting

the start of it all

every day keeping 

to enter the frame

no heart for escape

we eradicate trust

This is the staled

the stagnite scene

this is the setting

the start of it all

Reviews

[Gracie-San]

Wow, this was emotional, tense, and had lovely wording.

It was in other words, quite beautiful.

[Ed Hart]

well, there are stages, and then there are stages, not to mention those other stages; but if this one is that oft visited eradication of trust, then it's not a stage, it's a merry-go-round...all of which doesn't mean that you are anything less than an excellent poet...but poetry is not a very good hiding place, because there's always some part of you sticking out...

[Sweet & Tender Hooligan]

Wonderful tense, vulnerable and the perfect image of the feeling of being a stage actor and of stage fright.