stop and you register... repeat and remember; "those lines support the mask on your face," my conscious tells me. break into tears and create headaches never again, no never again!! again and again, restart rehearsing the final presentation has to be perfect sweat drips down my temples but there's no scene, no acting, no lie choking knot forms in my insides but there's no tears, no cries, no words locking away feelings they don't want i will be a star, the main focus of the play and the vampires will adore me, and their headaches will stop after... Act 1, scene 1. confidence created after long rehearsals i hear them, all ready to see my talent from the sidelines, i glance at them my mouth shut, no words, no lie nervous cries before the presentation i raise my head up high to the sky putting the mask on my face ready to act the play society has written i'll entertain and ruin the anticipation and they'll want what they see and i'll run on stage with a smile for.... Act 1, scene 1. the oustanding mask on my face smiles but the face underneath frowns my mouth open as i let out a lie then another about my thoughts carefully pronoucing them as rehearsed hope and elation is what i'm acting but despair and sorrow is what's reality covered tears doesn't bother the play for the fucking mask is the biggest lie the show must go on, the rule always said and i shall act indifferent, soothing them and so it shall remain for all of... Act 1, scene 1. lines after lines supports the lying task i won't let them see behind the mask the base of the actor that is I... no cries, cover the fear and the hate the vampires laugh, they are content, their headaches are slowly leaving as i unite the play with my reality tonight, with their fellow infernal demons they are resting and unheeding about me they certainly wont notice the weeping and i die of the smothering lines and i ask what will happen at the end of... Act 1, scene 1? like the scene, we'll all end one day if your lucky like me, with regret and disapointement giving a standing ovation... my mother would've been proud. dolefulutter copyright ♥