An actor lives only once in this world of ours
But characters live and die forever more.
How many times will Hamlet die
Throughout eternity?
With the passing of an actor
Entire worlds go with him,
He takes Hamlet,
Romeo,
And Caesar, too.
When she breathes her last,
Ophelia ceases to be.
Ismene, Medea, Blanche DuBois and
Sally Bowles die, too.
Entire Civilizations have fallen
With the loss of each cast—
Only to be revived once more
By another actor
Another cast,
At another time.
Another world is created—
Not quite the same as the last, but
It is familiar, still.
Once again Othello lives
To kill his Desdemona.
Juliet takes her life once more
When she sees her Romeo dead—
Life becomes a Cabaret again,
And The Iceman (Continues to) Cometh.
We patiently Wait for Godot,
While we hear A Little Night Music.
We laugh again,
We cry again,
We remember tragedy
We remember joy.
Until at last
Our hearts break once more.
Another actor dies--
Taking with him creation--
Taking with her creation.
The worlds he made
The worlds she made.
The lives she created
The lives he created
Will
Now
Sleep
Eternally
In peace.
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