Watching

Like a ‘realistic’ soap opera,
On a giant TV screen,
Life unfolds in front
Of my hazy eyes,
And I stare, transfixed,
As actors wearing the faces
Of people I think I know,
Deliver their lines
To an unseen camera.
But when they turn to me,
I drop my cues and
Fumble my lines—
Forever a mere spectator
In the drama of my life.