My palms sweat
My eyes water
My cheeks redden
And somehow I can feel every eye
Every gaze
On me
Watching me breaking right in front of them
Watching me lose my composure
So I stare off
In a daze
Gazing at a girl
So simple and sweet
So soft and excited
So Innocent
She dances and smiles
As I stiffen and cry inside
Somewhere there was a line that I crossed
And lost that smile that she gives so freely
Somehow my heart’s gotten smaller
Because everyone is so much taller than I,
Staring me down as they stand so high
I’m still that child that ate Rice Krispies with you in the morning
I still like to tell stories and listen to the piano as I drift off to sleep
Twirling and twirling around in a tutu
I’ve grown with the leaves and part of me has died. but I’m still her
Older and older
I’m still me
I’ve just lost something, but I’ll find it again
