Nerves

My nerves they shake me

Playing on my bones

And dancing on my heartstrings

Booming my lively heart is sinking

Puffing away in my chest then in my stomach

Capsizing my words and blushing my cheeks

I am fluent in stuttering and nodding my head

Talented in making my body stiff

In paralyzing me from head to toe

Most aren't jealous but they see the gift

They gawk and stares with wide eyes

Wide eyes that tighten my throat and water my eyes

Slippery palms and swishing eyes

I can't give up my secret of how I do this

How my performance is so amazing

Most watch me with dropped jaws

Which make me go blind, as the lights get brighter

I am succumbed with a floating head

I can't focus and stumbling becomes my new move

My words trip as my body lurches

In the end, I forget how to breathe