Reflections winner: 'Curtain Call'
Editor's note: The following is the winning entry for "Outstanding Interpretation" in the high school literature category of the Bigfork PTA's 2011 Reflections Art Scholarship Program. Read more about the program in "PTA displays student work at museum."
It all starts with an empty stage
Quiet like night on the barren set
Silence across a group of kids
Who don't know what they're in for yet
Flying time and flying feet
Make the next weeks pass in a whirl
Voices sing and the dances flow
A step, then two, then spin and twirl
But the days all fade into this one night
We are ready, our time is here
As we stand backstage we clutch our sides
Twisted with nerves and fear
Costumes dress our bodies
Our lines are all we say
We've all but disappeared
To the characters we play
Feet pounding on a hollow stage
Set to the music and lights
Act one, act two, then all is gone
The end of the night of nights
The crowd stands and the clapping roars
To which we set our bow
And join each other, hand in hand
Together we're a family now.