05-17-2013, 06:26 AM
Thank you all for your feedback. After reading it I have adjusted some of the lines. How is this?
She stood eyes closed.
Dank mothballs
lingered with whispers
that echoed on rows
of empty seats.
Popcorn crushed,
embedding plush red carpet,
and waves
of heavy velvet
retreats into the wings.
Characters wilted
as halogen lights flickered.
She sighed in self-defeat
for last lines slipped
unnoticed.
She stood eyes closed.
Dank mothballs
lingered with whispers
that echoed on rows
of empty seats.
Popcorn crushed,
embedding plush red carpet,
and waves
of heavy velvet
retreats into the wings.
Characters wilted
as halogen lights flickered.
She sighed in self-defeat
for last lines slipped
unnoticed.
“We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
― Konstantin Josef Jireček
― Konstantin Josef Jireček