Standing on a Stage

Standing on a stage,
     knees shaking a little
Voice alone in the room,
     booming or whispering
Eyes glittering in the shadows
     just beyond
Become someone else
     reach into the crowd
Make them laugh,
     make them weep
Make them believe
     it is not a room they sit in
But a house, an island, a castle
     somewhere they can never go

Don't you know
     standing on a stage
            you hold our hearts in your hand?