Stage

By nature, nurture
And the fashions
We're caught by chance
In our lives and passions,
Assigned to play our roles
On the world's stages
As actors working
For their wages,
Like circus animals
Forced to perform in cages,
We laugh, cry and pretend,
Not knowing when and how
The play will end
And thus, we play our part
Till the curtain falls
And we depart.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2007 Alfred Charasz