A play by lovers

It was like we were actors

Playing the part

That we had always hoped to be cast

Enjoying the display

The reciting of lines

And gestures so grand

A performance of parts

One so badly wants to play

Yet underneath it all

A mutual acknowledgment

That the masks we wore

Hid our fragile vulnerability

And deeper cores that we dare not show

Oh, how much easier it is to act!

Than face the truth of who we are

And accept the stage we play on

Is no real stage

But the hidden surface of earth’s reality