The Stage

I stand here on this stage,
Nervous, confused and scared.
I don't know if I can enact my role,
And my lines...I really never cared.

As the curtains draw open,
Audience closing in, is all I see.
Frozen in silence, I ask myself,
'What am I doing? This is not me'.

I stutter, I fumble,
I hear the people laugh.
This is probably how it ends,
What next after this gaffe!

Like a defeated soldier I packed my bags,
Never to return to the stage again.
The Director calls me out,
"Oh, I'm yet to face his disdain!"

"They are not here to see you,
They are here to see what you can be.
Believe you can be anyone,
From a warrior to someone selling tea."

"Not everyone gets this chance,
Not everyone gets to be everything.
Be that actor, that makes them feel,
Be that actor, that makes them sing."

Today as I get back to the stage,
To be the hero,none could ever be.
I hear the cheers and claps,
"This stage is for me, This stage is for me!"