Center Stage

by Elizabeth

I'm on center stage, with their eyes on me
I hate this life and I want to break free.
When the curtains part and I feel the lights' glare
It's always a shock and always a scare.
The pressure is high and my heart beats fast
And this is my whole life, my present and past.
But what is the future and what will it hold?
This same old routine, or one new and bold?
I can't live this way, trying so hard to please all
I'm only setting me up for a fall.
Please help me find that which I'm meant to do
For I know what you say will always be true.
I'm on center stage, with their eyes on me
Will I see the day that I'm finally free?

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