Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Playbacker's Prayer

Written in 2009 when I attended Certificate Course in Playback Theatre , edited later to add new forms learnt

Dear Lord,
When life is in play
Teach me to act according to your way

When life is a freeze
What opportunity will I seize

When life is a machine
Teach me to make my repetitions fine
Happy even on a production line

When life is a tableau
Teach me to add value to every frame
And be honest not playing any game

When life is a fluid sculpture
Teach me not to rupture
The very fabric of your structure

Since life has no script
Teach me to speak when needed
And to remain silent when not

Life is full of encounters
Conversations that will open my blind
Teach me to open the one's in the mind

Life is full of stories
Some happy, some sad
Teach me to adapt for that I will be glad

Life is full of music
Only if I could hear
Teach me to listen and hum without fear

Life can be a chorus
If we all groove as one
Teach us to be together under the sun

Life can be like playback
If we are sincere and put our hearts out
Teach us to be genuine

When life is in play
Teach me to act according to your way

Jibrael Jos

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