{"id":2233,"date":"2023-01-13T11:58:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T19:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2233"},"modified":"2024-08-18T06:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T13:37:38","slug":"standing-ovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2023\/01\/13\/standing-ovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing Ovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Standing Ovation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Imagine You\u2019re
\nthe Playwright of
\nYour Life,<\/p>\n

You scripted it
\nbefore You ever
\ncame onstage.<\/p>\n

Of course
\nYou planned
\nto play Your
\nway through
\nrisky
\nImprovisations,<\/p>\n

after all,
\nwho doesn\u2019t love
\na Mystery?<\/p>\n

Other Players
\nshare Your stage,
\nthere\u2019d be
\nno Show
\nwithout Them,<\/p>\n

Some play
\nHeroes,
\nSome play
\nCrooks,<\/p>\n

next time –
\nthere\u2019ll be a
\nnext time,
\nYou all love
\nTheater –<\/p>\n

next time
\nmaybe You\u2019ll
\nplay the Crook,
\nor maybe
\nYou\u2019ll die
\nin the second act
\nand bring Your
\naudience to
\ntears.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve been told
\nYour Play
\nwill be reviewed
\nby a Critic
\nwho thinks
\nHe\u2019s God,<\/p>\n

but that\u2019s a Lie
\nand here\u2019s the Truth:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s The One
\nwho leapt up
\nwhen You took
\nyour bow,<\/p>\n

who set off
\na standing ovation,<\/p>\n

The One who
\ncan\u2019t wait to
\nsee Your next
\nShow,
\nwho\u2019s loved
\nEverything You\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s The One
\nsome call
\nGod.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Anthony Delanoix; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Standing Ovation Imagine You\u2019re the Playwright of Your Life, You scripted it before You ever came onstage. Of course You planned to play Your way through risky Improvisations, after all, who doesn\u2019t love a Mystery? Other Players share Your stage, there\u2019d be no Show without Them, Some play Heroes, Some play Crooks, next time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t