Circle stage – A Daydream

On a record player, as we spin, 

Or in the dazzling lights, transitioning

dim, “Follow through and dance to me” 

Follow this unreal melody— 

 

As we spin, the stage circles faster, 

Maybe waiting for a lovesick disaster, 

Still unhinged by the shine on stage, 

We melt in these melodies so strange. 

 

Melting alright—we catch no breath, 

Falling into each other as the sound

progresses. Drowning and diving, right to come back

to shore, We merge enough to not be

separated anymore. 

 

Clap and claps by the audience, 

The center stage is a fading

presence— The curtains fall, we don’t slow. 

The music paused, we create our own. 

 

We hum and dance till we fall— 

Even when we fall to the lows, 

We fall into each other, and the light

again glows. Again it repeats, the circle stage,

Again we dance without hesitation, 

Circles and curves, lining through, 

We follow the sheet, as symbols too— 

 

Jumps and sway we do, 

Because in my arms, I held you. 

No thoughts, no dialogues, 

No sounds from the audience. 

It’s not a show we portray, 

It’s just our natural existence. 

 

Lines and hymns pass us by, 

It rings again in our ears, so light— 

Something of a murmur inside, 

While there are dimmed lights. 

 

Again it stops, the sounds do— 

Not us, we are still flowing to. 

To a sound that exists, not on

stage, But in our iridescent ways. 

 

Serene, this scene, a beautiful delight— The

audience stays, watching as it comes alive.

The sparkles of this dimmed stage— Now roll

out of our minds. 

The audience enters this world, so strange,

Sees how it’s bedazzled with memory lanes. 

 

As we dance, they follow us, 

They dance too—it’s melodious— 

Melody not existing outside of our

ears, I dance to this with my dear. 

 

Flowy dresses and shapes we take, 

Feelings overwhelm the stage. 

Teary eyes and sobs we hear, 

Feelings too much to ever blandly

appear— Emotions wild, they dance with us, 

They flow in these memorized lines and curves. 

 

Audience tired, soon enough, 

They stop following us. 

To us, it wasn’t an issue, 

We dance like we always knew— 

 

Without breaks or pause, 

Again no breath to catch, 

The audience fades away— 

And they disappear into black. 

 

Back on the circle stage, 

We repeat this story anew, 

Newer audiences—

With newer views. 

 

To us, it is our only memory, 

For once we danced, till a forever

reverie. Fading and fading, everything to dim—

The lights, the sound, and our

own hymns. 

 

The flow breaks—we do pause, 

And with no song anymore. 

Breath not caught, I lay so still, 

Once a daydream, a ride for thrill. No

more movement or curves to be seen,

 It was the end of my existence— And

 this very daydream. 

-Divya

Circle Stage- A Daydream © 2025 by Divya is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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