Please don’t take it for granted, dear actor
The warm light on the stage
The audience filled to the brim
A multitude of claps and praise
Please don’t dwindle, dear actor
On the part that you play
In any show, for that matter,
No matter what role
Or how many lines you say
Please don’t ponder the end, dear actor
It is closer than it appears
As your final hours tick
As the crowd builds with cheer
Please don’t regret the moments made, dear actor
In any show for that matter
The people you meet
Are all meant to complete
A show-stopper from here on after
In fall productions, dearest actor
Your role is simply to speak
Lines upon lines
Hoping to memorize
Words that never go bleak
Your role, my dear actor
Is to captivate the audience through your words
To tell a tale
Without fail
Using joy, sorrow and laughter
“Our Town” is a beautiful play, dear actor
That I happily took part in
A play meant to lift your spirits
On what life means from within
It’s a very realistic play, dear actor
A tale only about the consequences of life
A story to tung your heartstrings
To remind you about how all things
Comes to pass–regardless of happiness or strife
This show wraps up my experience in high school plays, dear actor
This fall play is the fall of my time
Performing with heart and soul
Performing to fulfill theatrical goals
Performing since grade nine
Like “Our Town,” my dear actor,
In life, all things come to pass
I’ll miss every curtain call
I’ll miss waiting for cues in the theater hall
I’ll miss the Hail Marys–moments turned into flashbacks
My dear actor, listen closely
You must take on after me
Just like how life, as said in “Our Town,” comes to closure
So you must follow after me
That’s the cycle of theater, dear actor
In a way, “Our Town” brings this to life
Actors may come
Actors may go
But actors always shape another actor’s life
As despairing as I sound, my dear actor
I look forward to finishing high school plays this fall
I look forward to embracing my last one:
My one last fall curtain call
God bless and thank you for reading!