Celluloid Dream

Have you ever felt
Stuck in slow motion picture
You can hear the reel on the projector
Spinning
Holding control
Of the old movie

You keep waiting for it to jump
Off the track
Unravel in the smoky dark room

Ribbons of film
Smacking the machine
Broken from being used
Over and over again

Staring at the over sized screen
It dangles by the falling curtains
Rips of age, yellowed
Full of hidden images

Squinted eyes drown in
Sorrow and pain
As they try to decipher
What’s left

There’s one frame stuck in the light
Just a moment
A fraction of something

A smile trapped in time
Showing a glimmer of hope
A remembrance of ways before

Nothing but warm feelings now
Consume your body
As you realize
You have ripened with style and grace

My smile is still there
Even though lines dance
Across my face

What a wonderful story
Held in this dimension

Yea
Soon the finale will come
But until
I’ll hold this half of the ticket

Perhaps even
Direct a new show

As I turn
Push open the double doors
I take one more glimpse
Yep
That picture is gone
Film still unraveling
That’s a wrap

Take two
Rock the set
As the sun hits my face

Action
Here I go
SunShineGirl
2-23-05