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The similarities now are striking. Not in the beginning; we knew beauty then. Not in the beginning, not even yesterday. Not until the doubt came along, creeping up like a shadow at noon. Sudden and clear, faded within a few hours yet lingering always. It came and went selfishly, spreading across the distance and devouring the confidence, simplicity, and faith of us on its torrent path of destruction.

We try to disguise it. Who wouldn't? Maybe I am just paranoid, but no... It is not just me. There is a definite curtrain being dropped over our theater display.

Am I still that actress? The passionate story manipulator I used to be... the girl with every feeling and none at all when it mattered? Is this love still a stage worth gracing? All the stupid details of old plots collide here in a new story.

Still, I want to feel the denoument crawl beneath my skin. I must memorize it, every recurring line, every recurring face and name, act, scene and chapter.

I will go after this until it is killed by hands other than my own. I will get the part.

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The similarities now are striking. Not in the beginning; we knew beauty then. Not in the beginning, not even yesterday. Not until the doubt came along, creeping up like a shadow at noon. Sudden and clear, faded within a few hours yet lingering always. It came and went selfishly, spreading across the distance and devouring the confidence, simplicity, and faith of us on its torrent path of destruction.

We try to disguise it. Who wouldn't? Maybe I am just paranoid, but no... It is not just me. There is a definite curtrain being dropped over our theater display.

Am I still that actress? The passionate story manipulator I used to be... the girl with every feeling and none at all when it mattered? Is this love still a stage worth gracing? All the stupid details of old plots collide here in a new story.

Still, I want to feel the denoument crawl beneath my skin. I must memorize it, every recurring line, every recurring face and name, act, scene and chapter.

I will go after this until it is killed by hands other than my own. I will get the part.