Stage Fright

Center stage…
Lights on…
Sweat thick on my forehead, come to think of it sweat is thick everywhere…
Hey is it hot in here or is it just …FEAR, is a miraculous thing
Melting from the heat of the pressure, frozen still restricting movement or speech
As if I’ve been sucker punched by a fire breathing yeti…

A million eyes watching, billions of possible witnesses and beholders
The dream, The wish, The hope of all I’ve ever wanted blocked by a little…
Public Speaking?
Just another mortal reminder of my pathetic human nature

Never have I felt more alone than when I’m in a crowd of onlookers
Lights, camera…WAIT!!! I am not a man of action, just of acting like a fool
For believing I could actually go through with this…
What do you people want from me…
Stop telling me I’m so gifted, so bold, so charismatic that it’ll be easy for me
I already told you people I can’t swim and all I see are endless waters to swim
With anchors latched to arms and legs
If I wanted suicide give me the bullet instead of the stage

Pull the curtain, cast the fog,
Only way to see me is if I remain the phantom covered and haunting
The one to give my talents from behind a mask
More common than the common cold,
This is no excuse, No this is a medical condition of which there is no cure
Coward!!! Yes me
I’ve lingered in “The Back Of the Room” for so long I’ve no desire for center stage to be my home
Yes I’m a Victim of Stage Fright