Ode to Theatre
A stutter,
a slouch,
a quite tone,
a closed off posture.
The list goes on
off the ways I close myself off.
Don't speak up,
stay to yourself,
don't get noticed.
The things
I tell myself.
But the stage.
The stage saves me.
The stage brings me out of this shell.
The new poeple that I can be
on the stage.
None of them are "Rachel."
They are "Lois" or "Titania."
These characters have no fear
no anxiety
none of my problems.
But still,
these characters are me.
And over these 12 years
the characters have helped
grow me.
I am strong Titania.
I am intelligent Lois.
I am Rachel.