the Stage builds my fear

but like the lady she is,

eases my burden

i fear before hand

Stage fright causing butterflies

until my entrance

amazing feeling:

I enter, and fear exists

fear fades on the Stage

once i’m standing on

Her sanded smooth black planks

all existence fades

i awake again,

after i exit or bow,

to seconds of ease

i love those seconds

before my stress and tension

burden me once more