Another five-word challenge  I was given by someone who evidently likes to torture innocent people! lol lol The words used are at the end.  Enjoy!

The Stage of My Existence

The sun flashed and bounded through the cupola as I sat contemplating....what? Already I've forgotten.

So bear with me while I attempt to dazzle you with words too big for my mouth!

I don't want my life to be ephemeral; I want to make a difference. I want to walk onto the stage of my existence, in a fancy gown of vermillion-colored silk and tell you my story.

Before the theatre goes dark.

I want you to laugh at the appropriate moments, and cry on cue. I want you to understand what I'm saying, and why I'm saying it: Wow! I know exactly what she means! I've felt the very same way!

You see, I've never had the starring role in my life. I've had bit parts all strung together into outlandish and meaningless exercises. With some awesome act thrown in once in a while so you don't think I'm just set decoration. Old furniture with fading fabric and chipped woodwork on the legs.

The supporting cast always seemed to play a more important role in forming my life.

Hiding behind the hyperbole somewhere is me. Trying to remember my lines. Chewing up the scenery with bon mots and humorous anecdotes. Just for your entertainment.

I want to change our nature of emotional predation. A lofty aspiration, indeed, but despite my best intentions, I still have not figured out a way to make that happen.

So, I invite each of you to step onto the stage with me, and together perhaps we can change the world. Or at least the world around us.

Everyone else can either follow our example, or destroy themselves with their own ignorance.

cupola    architecture a small structure on a roof, sometimes made of glass and providing natural light inside

predation  the relationship between two groups of animals in which one species hunts, kills, and eats the other

hyperbole  deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect, e.g. "I could eat a million of these"

vermilion  a bright red pigment made from mercuric sulfide or synthetically

ephemeral   lasting for only a short period of time and leaving no permanent trace