Life is a stage
And I'm the actor
People pass me by
With mannequin faces
And ceramic masks
This fake makes it hard
Hard to see the truth
The plastic trees
And cardboard houses
Make up this little world
The fake is overwhelming
Smothering all the real
Soon everything is one big play
Don't get a bad review
Life is a stage
And I'm the actor
Watching people pass by
With mannequin faces
And ceramic masks
- Jack Sally (modified)
Life is a drama, and the world about
Contributes to the glory of its scenes.
Oh, glorious life indeed is that of man!
Each day presents to view some happy scene,
Worthy the highest praise.
Or else perhaps a troubled sea may rage,
Terror may swell the ocean of our way;
Horror may seize upon ourselves and rob
Us momentarily of our brightest ray
Of happiness and pride.
Perchance within a single scene of all
The stages, or the various parts we play,
Some terrible or e'en unholy act
Be done, while impure things we say
Beneath strong passion's power.
Yet in the main each scene throughout the play
Is filled with sunshine and the finest showers;
Each act as but the planting of some grain
To quicken and burst forth with blooming flowers,
And ripest fruits of love.
Fruit born to bless our patient toil and care,
The rich reward to bless the laborer's brow,
To prosper here with all and give us hope
To live, to do, and all our race endow
With blessings that we've been.
- James A. DeMoss
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