Les Mis

(Written after seeing Les Miserables in London at The Queen's Theatre. I can't wait for the movie to come out this winter!)

“Do you hear the people sing?”
From the corners of the stage,
actors honing their craft in the
historic Queen’s Theatre.

Plush seats in a rounded ‘U’
one balcony above the action.
I take it in from my seat,
alone two rows up
in a crowd of people with
accents that role from their lips
as intermission ends...
and a hush falls over the crowd.

The set, the lights,
the costumes;
everything done so perfectly,
voices ringing out beautifully.
I hold my breathe as Eponine
reaches notes high above the treble clef.

The magic of the theatre covers my skin
with goosebumps,
and fills my soul with hope.