Speech

'Come on up,' the teacher yells.
From behind the large wooden desk.
He looks down at the paper,
Writes her name,
And looks up sighing.


                        Her heart quickens,
                        She starts to get nervous,
                        And walks to the front
                        Of the class room.


Scratch, giggle, small whispers,
Large smiles as wet paper wads
Hit the Chalk board beside her head.


                        'Morning,' she mumbles,
                        Just before another bit of eraser
                        Hits her shoe.
                        She sighs, trying to stop
                        Her shifting feet,
                        And goes on.


'I'm doing my speech on-'
Another splat erupts from the board,
A slight giggle from the far right corner.


                        She closes her eyes
                        And opens them again
                        Only to watch the teacher yawn,
                        Sit back in his chair, eyes closed.


Her lip trembles,
Her body goes numb,
All she wants now is to escape!


                        Inside her head shes screaming,
                        In her thoughts shes falling,
                        But shes brought back to reality
                        By a paper plane,
                        That startles her
                        Making her drop her q-cards
                        To the ground.


She drops to the ground,
And scrambles up her cards.
Laughter comes from the lips
Of everyone in the class,
But slowly quiets down when she gets back up,
Still grumbling curses
Under her breath.


                        More blood reaches her face,
                        She starts to feel dizzy,
                        A few words pass through
                        Her cracking lips.


The timer stops,
Everything around her spins,
But suddenly freezes as she runs from the room.
Cards hit the ground,
Paper wrestles out side the window,
The bathroom door it slammed shut,
And only muffled cries are heard from
                         Inside.