Stage Fright

by Ashleigh Skye   Aug 11, 2006


Always in the shadows,
attempting to avoid the spotlight's glare,
hiding behind the curtain,
hoping everyone forgets I'm there.

Determined to avoid the eyes,
that judge my every word,
the critics in the crowd,
never seen but always heard.

A little push from the director,
suddenly I'm center stage,
rambling off each scripted line,
my body becomes disengaged.

Each line and step recorded,
each interaction nothing new,
no surprises left to be found,
as the critics write their review.

As the curtain falls,
the crowd's reaction is unknown,
I proceed back toward the shadows,
my home away from home.

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PLZ COMMENT AND VOTE THANX A LOT, BY THE WAY YOU MUST LOOK DEEPER INTO THIS POEM TO GET THE MESSAGE ITS SENDING OUT

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  • 15 years ago

    by Spirit

    Stage Fright

    I don't believe that you need to look deeper to understand this poem fully, I could. It's about the followers in life, and how they believe that hidding from the world, from the spotlight, is better, is safe. These people show the world only what it want to see, and tell it only what it want's to hear. Everything become predictible.

    Great read, and as a thespian I love the metaphor.

  • 16 years ago

    by Broken Inside He only wants to hurt me

    This is great. everyone goes through stage fright. sometimes i get it myself but i always pull through. 5/5

  • 16 years ago

    by isabel

    Wow...this is so wonderful...this poem is so well written...and i like the way you used the stage fright to hide your message...(i have to present a play this year...)
    amazing poem

    *isabel*

  • 16 years ago

    by Stephanie Naylor

    Amazing, truthfully its like that for alot of people. what i interpretated( which may not be true ) is that you are saying that you cant be afraid and you have to do it or dont, and when you do everything feels right

  • 16 years ago

    by Maisie Martin

    Amazing alagory. This is really a work of art.

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