Day 2 - April 2, 2023
I've been to Broadway
Seen Starlets on stages
Heard symphonies sway hearts
Watched stars shine
But nothing
Nothing
Compares to watching my kids on stage
See
When I was a kid
I could count friends on fingers
one-handed
and felt the sting
of sticks and stones
hurled verbally
with more force than
Anything I had ever felt
But when I found the stage
stepped out
Onto those boards
It burned
Like longing and love and light
The only sights
Were stage lights
The sound of cheers
Gave me chills
And all I felt
Was free
Still
The memory...
Incomplete
Without that greeting
Stage-edge-standing
Smile like a spotlight
Shining only for me
Making sure I knew
I was seen
See... theater became my home
But it would have been
An empty house
Without my Mom
Watching
Now I sit
Edge of my seat
Glued to every movement
Every note
As two stars
Shine
Find...their home
Holding it all close
Committing it to memory
Because I want to be
Off-book by curtain call
Soaking it in
So I can
Shower them
With their own spotlight smile
And make sure they know
They were seen
And hope one day
It completes their memory
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