<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=570112" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Reading Out Loud</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">As I stood up in front of the crowd<br>They all sat still and silent<br>Their eyes and ears aimed like rifles on me<br>And I slowly read my poem aloud</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My knees shook with every spoken lyric<br>My lips quivered as I couldn't stop<br>They listened intently, focused<br>As if my every word was the word of a mystic</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Heavy emotions make me weightless<br>My eyes are shaking and my heart is too<br>My poem is almost finished<br>But the words aren't bitter and tasteless</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I look at the crowd's emotionless faces as I finish reading<br>Their monotone lips curve upward as they clap<br>I walk off the stage nervously trying to maintain balance<br>And in my head the words of the poem repeat</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Christian+Rivera">Christian Rivera</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=570112" data-title="Reading Out Loud de Christian Rivera" data-description="As I stood up in front of the crowd They all sat still and silent Their eyes and ears aimed like rifles on me And I slowly read my poem aloud My knees shook with every spoken lyric My lips quivered as I couldn't stop They listened intently, focus..."></div> </div> </div>

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