Poetry

Closing Night 

Makeup wipes and

ripped tights  

are my remnants 

scattered on  

the floor.  

When the walls 

of cloth 

separate  

me from you, 

I become  

nothing. 

All that’s left  

of my beauty: a face  

print on a piece of paper 

soon to be 

discarded. Steady gaze, 

is your recognition going 

past me like 

bouquets  

tossed on stage?