I carry my cup in my downstage hand,

Away from the bright spot light of the sun.

All the world is a play,

And I don't want to be upstaged

By an inanimate object.

I shine in my part.

I've known all my lines by heart

Since the first week of rehearsal.

I've had to try not to memorize

Everyone else's parts,

So I don't lose the heart of my own character.

I should never tell anyone else what to do.

I'm not the director.

I just hope the crowds will be pleased,

For I know I can be upstaged by them,

Those great clouds of witnesses

That sometimes come 

Between me and the sun.

-jenn