My attention is on the foreground
I'm absorbed by the play
Focused on the characters, the costumes, the action
My emotions are engaged
I'm rooting for the good guys
Believing that I know what's afoot
Devastated by twists and turns of plot
Forgetting the reality
The comfortable seat
The velvet darkness
The wonderful anonymity
Of being in the background
Of being part of an appreciative audience
In the auditorium of life
In this theatre we call planet earth