WHEN LIGHTS DIM - 2021

Behold the lights they dim

fading time into darkness

suspense snuffed 

in the withering glow

Behold the lights they blur

A hundred eyes maybe more

Whites disappearing into the Black

of the growing shadow

The murmurs quiet, whispers die

lost life in still air

fidgeters  cease and squeakers 

stop the squeaking of seats

The actor freezes, action suspends

tension rises like gooseflesh

a single spot pierces

and the illusion begins