Curtains

 The curtains close once again

I hold my breath and bite nails

Wanting to take back my steps

But it's too late by now!

For that micro seconds when I'd closed eyes

The curtains were cleared off the stage

I curse my best friend who forced me

and here I'm, standing all alone to recite poetry

What if I stuck in the middle?

What if people would mock at me after all this?

a thousand pairs of eyes staring at me

expecting me to speak out something 

a drop of sweat drips down through my chin

I begin, fumbling and still trying to look confident

my legs are shivering uncontrollably and heartbeats racing

by now my body has lost all its senses

as soon as I finish the last few words ''beat your fears''

in my heart something I realize and smile

 

Never knew back then, a hall echoing with applause

would suppress my hesitation, awkwardness and fear

for once and forever