I and this drama called 'life'

As I reach my seat
The curtains part
Amongst the claps
the drama starts

The plot is interesting 
and the act lifelike
But the characters don't move
Neiter they speak nor act.
Yet they hurt each other.
Yet they kill each other.
The more I watch;
The more I understand.
The characters aren't fictious 
neither made up.
They are here with us
if we know where to seek.
They are here with us
if we know how to see.

I feel I'm like them
a statue yet a heartless machine
I want to run, I want to hide.
To my horror, I find I can't.
Then I realise,
I'm one of them
a statue yet a heartless machine.

I can't stand it any longer
I can't bare to watch.
I want to shut down my eyes,
Yet I can't.
Then I realise,
I'm also the audience
And I have to watch.
Whether I like it or not,
I have to watch.

-April 5,2002