Somewhere

Old Stars

Credits roll down the screen

Is it really that perfect?

Do they really live happily ever after?

Would these street lamps and endless darkness of night ever find me comfort where I stood

The old stars are the true icons of movies

They didn't have the special effects like we have

They had to inhabit that space in a movie through their emotions and their dramatic play

They were stars

It's hard to believe that many are dead now

And that I

As the artist of future generations

Have to live up to the expectations those gods and goddesses have created

Even after their death

They still live on in beauty

And you can imagine the joy the audience must have felt

When they went to see their shows

I almost wish I could be back in that time

Just to sit in a dark theatre

As the music begins to place

And feel my heart race like theirs did

I can't allow myself to get so attached to a time I haven't lived

Yet I can't really forget those stars

As the movie completes its reverie