Slam Poem (I'm Nervous)

I had to write a slam poem for my English Class so here's another one!!

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My mouth is a metronome

Swinging back and forth

I thread this needle and sew my mouth shut Because of something stupid I said last Saturday that made me sick to my gut And next Saturday night I won’t even remember what it was But I don’t get stage fright I don’t use my arms as a defense I don’t refuse to look people in the eyes

My shoulders don’t tense My jaw doesn’t get tighten I love being front and center I love thinking my voice matters so my jaw doesn’t tighten My stomach doesn’t feel like a pit, my jaw doesn’t tighten And do you think this is how Jaws felt? How he could never stop swimming I saw once that if sharks stop moving they’ll die

And I’m this shark because Once I start talking I never stop and once I stop I never start But I only have two minutes to justify why

I know six years ago I would’ve shot myself in the leg to not stand up here

I would sit with my hands clasped and my legs crossed and prayers stumbling out of my lips Lord, don’t let them hear my lisp My family thought it was hilarious when my soulder would hurt My favorite animal use to be a seep and my dad knows how to save And I repeated these a couple 100 times and got laughed at a hundred more Before I realized I was sick of this sit

So I used my arms as a defense

And I refused to look people in the eye

My shoulders would tense

My jaw would tighten

But I don’t get stage fright