<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437641" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In Shadows to Escape</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">After players have left the stage, <br>And the lights with excitement have dimmed...<br>On terrific performances given by them.<br>Cast away are masks adorned...<br>With emotions to address, <br>And no shoulder for one wished to lean on! <br>The ensemble finishes...<br>To scramble and move on! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Applause and ovations, <br>Given and received.<br>Actors breathing life...<br>Into characters believed! <br>And the curtain call is finished...<br>To leave a packed house emptied and cleared! <br>As a cigarette is lit, <br>To silhouette not happiness but regret.<br>Accompanied by tears! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">This 'star' left living in a reality...<br>Unscripted and unspoken, <br>Unsuspected...<br>Or thought to conceive.<br>Walks to sit on a barren stage...<br>Unrehearsed to collect a peace of mind, <br>Cherished to protect away from an allotted time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In shadows...<br>To escape a crowding maze.<br>And those who could pick moments to critique! <br>Or question why blocking seen, <br>Is kept restfully discreet!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437641" data-title="In Shadows to Escape de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="After players have left the stage, And the lights with excitement have dimmed... On terrific performances given by them. Cast away are masks adorned... With emotions to address, And no shoulder for one wished to lean on! The ensemble finishes....."></div> </div> </div>

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