A Nightmare to Remember
Biting my tongue, sweat pouring down my face, and my legs shaking nervously. I taker one glimpse at my mum and saw her looking at me with watery and sparkly eyes. I knew straight away she felt proud of me. This made me even more frightened like a fly about to be squashed.
I could feel butterflies flying in my stomach, I felt a wave of fear wash over me. I could see eyes directly on me, Staring me down. I felt like I was shrinking. This seemed like a nightmare to me.
I wanted to hide in a cave until the performance was over. My heart was beating at high speed with no control of stopping. My feet felt like they were glued together stuck and frozen. It was impossible for me to look at the audience without my head being frozen to the right, looking away from the audience.
During the performance I kept adjusting my costume, panicking. I felt like I was a tree rooted to the floor. I wanted to run off the stage crying loudly like a baby.
At last, Our performance was halfway finished. I just wanted this performance to be finished in a blink of a eye. When were getting into our waka (Boat) sailing to Aotearoa I was taking little steps like a mouse.
It got to the point where I felt like I was about to faint on stage. I felt dizzy like I was on a merry go round. Finally, My nightmare was over. I felt calmed down and not tensed. I kept taking deep breaths in and out. I was so relieved that my nightmare was over.
