The cutting edge is script
No matter how fine the film
The assembled words the dialogue
The tension in between
The camera catches everything
Displayed upon the screen
But only words can capture us
Inspiring what is seen
Words attempt to reach the heart
To entertain the mind
To say precisely from the start
What cruel what is kind
To pinpoint but with feeling
The essence of a life
To cut the leanness from the fat
Like cutting with a knife
They gathered in a theatre
An actress to recall
The late Helen McCrory
Well known to us all
And poetry was the metier
Employed her life to show
For goodness is its own reward
And leaves an after-glow
Brian Fahy
26 January 2022
Erris Poetry 