Poetry

Stage Fright

Jane Trina

I am bold but I still have fearSmall as a bug on a leafStep by step to center stage

Spiders up my spineShoulders backLump in my throatSwallow hardCloud in my headThink straight

Words in a cocoonMake their way outStart to flyIn the bright lightsI find my voice

Stage Fright Jane Trina
Jane Trina, 10
Whitefish, Montana

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