Here I Stand Before You
The time came, I got up and walked towards the podium. My heart is pounding like a horse in a race. My chest felt tight under the weight of anxiousness, making me uneasy. My legs have lost their feeling, it feels like I am floating instead of walking. It was a strange sensation. Before you I stand. Set the mike to my height, the first thought written on my clean mind. It is time to start my speech. My mind is clueless, crowded with countless self-doubts. Still, pushing them aside, I start speaking. The words seemed messed up, just like how it was in the movie ‘Tare Zameen Par’. Ohh…no I said it wrong!! But my mind urged me not to stop and to go on with the same confidence. Am I going very fast? Is my voice very low? Or is it too loud? Questions fire across my mind. I tried my best to put on a smile, I don't know whether it really came out like a smile. I reached the end of my speech. “Thank you”. My speech was over, seeing the smile and the strength of applause I let out a l...