stage fear.

Stage fear
I was in class 8th,
It was the last time I performed a speech in the morning assembly.
Our teacher asked
Raise your hand to participate in the morning assembly,
I was sitting on the first bench,
With full confidence,
I raised my hand for the speech.
-only one girl.
Then I looked back,
All hands down,
Eyes were staring me.
Oh! What was that?
-prepare your speech till tomorrow.
-Speech is an important part of the assembly
With full responsibility,
I prepared it,
Learned it,
My teacher appreciated me,
After a week finally, our turn came,
Finally it started,
Everywhere silence,
Only -School attention, school stand at ease.
Prayer and pledge ended.
My name announced,
I walked, the head girl handed me the mike,
I stopped and looked up.
The crowd in front of me, all juniors and senior.
Seems all were present that day.
My heart started beating.
Eyes started blinking.
Stage fear inside me started growing stronger.
I started Goodmorning..... Goodmorning..
Mike is not working.
Ok! I forgot to on the mike button.
After 1 para. I stopped, Ok what was the next line..
Memorize yogita, memorize.. you learned it..you can do it.
My heart said. But I can't.
Oh god, no my hands got paralyzed.
With my expressionless face.
My legs were shaking.
Someone whispered, use your speech paper.
But i can't. I can't.
Now just end it. I can't stand any more.
Thankyou, have a nice day. And i ended it..
After the assembly .
With disappointments in my eyes,
I walked in class.
From behind one said -
She ruined our assembly.
My teacher said dont feel bad.
You tried your best.
I know but i ruined it.
That was the last time.
After thst i never raised my hand for speech.
I not want to ruin it again.
-Yogita:)