EXPRESSING ME

"EXPRESSING ME "
Margaret Ann Waddicor January 2010

There is not least 
an element of panache, 
of the theatrical 

in what I write, 
one dons a garb 
like that of a bard 

and expounds
with a superior vocabulary, 
with a feeling that one is swathing, 

beaming
the mind for all possible remarks 
of dashing value

to impress oneself first, 
to show how well one can dance
this particular waltz 

and does so
with an energy
and excitement 

that is worthy of a star
on the stage 
of the worlds greatest Opera's, 

sing it with pride and joy 
with a 'joi de vivre,' 
blaze it across the sky 

like the path of the
jet plane, 
leaving it there to turn
 
change its colours
in the changing lights 
of the sun 

and ripen into the finale 
par excellence. 

N'est pas mon ami?

Oh what a stage
the world is, 

if one takes up the robe 
and strides out into the fray 
of life's battles 

and loves 
and  
and 
and ......