Stage Fright Poem by Nicole Brewer

The lights are on
Slowly making my way
out there
I can't see
Fear encloses around me
All of their eye's focused
But I still can't see
I just stand there
for minutes at a time
What should I say?
I forgot why I'm up here
The Music starts playing
Then I remember
My mouth opens
And sound comes out
Where did it come from?
Yet I can't see
I hear them whispering
how?
I can barely hear myself
The songs done
I'm standing there
for a minute
Then I hear it
I see it
The Applause.
The faces
Him.
It's Time for the next person
To come out
But my legs are frozen
I somehow walk away
but one I get off of stage,
My legs unfreeze
And become puddles
The butterflies haven't settled
Stage fright sucks.