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I did it.

My knees were shaking, my heart was racing, and my breathing was rapid. It was the second time I was participating in this event. I looked over to my friends and gave them a nervoussmile. They tried to comfort me by returning a smile. I looked back at the principal of our school while she was standing there.
I was already nervous by the time I heard her saying my name. I don’t howit happened but I was already standing there, right in front of the whole school. It was my turn. No! I didn’t have the guts to do this. I looked around the room, noticing every last person’s gaze.
Istarted reading my poem out loud, with a tone of nervousness in my voice, while everybody stared at me. I was afraid of doing something wrong and then being the laughing stock of the school.
I wasas scared as a fraidy-cat. As the time passed by I felt more secure so I kept reading my poem but now making clear the enthusiasm in my voice. I was enjoying it.
For the first time I wasn’t afraid ofwhat people would think about me.
Right when I ended reading my poem, the whole school cheered and I was able to sit down with my heart swelling with pride. I loved the attention and I lovedpeople’s reaction.
I sat next to a girl and waited for each student to pass and read their poems. When the event came to its end the others students and I had to wait for the judges to choose the winners.After a couple of minutes both of them were standing up on the stage. They started reading the list were the winners names were and suddenly I heard my name. I couldn’t with the emotion.
As I standup for the second time and the judges introduce me for the award my friends told me that they knew I could do it. They were proud of me because I got over my shyness.
After, people werecongratulating me, and telling me how good I was. Knowing what people thought about my poem made me even happier and excited than I was before.
When I arrived home my parents and the rest of my family were...