08-19-2015, 04:55 PM
Well constructed and thought out. After reading all of the comments the only thing I agree with are the comments about the last line. Whether you make it, 'to be, to be, just be" "to be, to be, to be" "to be, just be, just me" or any form comparable. It's obvious the change was intentional to make your statement, but I think the eloquence of the poem in its entirety is a statement enough. I disagree with the rest of the comments. It's clear this is the growth of one person from childhood dreams of being an actor(or his perceived 'part' in life) to the realization that his success brings him no happiness. I'm not sure what the intended message for this was for you but I got two possibilities. One being that everything he strove for(greatness in his part) left him blind to his mother(family or friends) that let him see this world of which he is now part. Assuming that the curtain falling is a metaphor for death of the mother or something along those lines. This would make him wish that he just content with just being instead of thinking that there are but two choices, 'to be' or 'not to be' at all. With his loss he now sees the third option of just being. The other of course being the age old, you only want what you don't have mentality. After finally achieve his dreams, it brings him nothing but disappointment because he now has nothing to pursue. Either way. Beautifully written and I wouldn't change anything but the last line. It, at least to me, has no ambiguities.

