Proud

I am up here on this stage

Taking my final bow

And I am silently searching

For your face in the crowd.

I know I've got everybody fooled

As I hold my bouquet of roses

With that fake little smile

Just another one of those poses.

But no one knows

What's really going on

How with every one of my shows

I've had to be strong.

Because after every single show

When I'm searching for you in the crowd

The only thing I wanna know

Is that I've made you proud.

-By Caitlin Waldrop

Age 14