They were afraid you weren’t coming.
You had been delayed it seemed.
The audience was on the edge of their seats murmuring, “It’s too late.”
But then, “Ta-da!” You make your grand entrance. The consummate actress sweeping onto the stage, arriving at precisely the moment when they felt all hope was lost.
You burst forth. A giggle of pink spilling over from a joke the moon had shared just before you took the stage.
Relief washes over, smiles return.
They settle back to enjoy the show.
steps in the literacy journey 
She stole the show!
Beautifully written!
She does love to make a grand entrance and exit, but I so enjoy the show she puts on. It warms me right down to my bones. Loved this personification, especially the joke from the moon.
YOU burst forth with this beautiful poem. Applause! My mind was picturing something else and then your picture solidified the metaphor. Beautiful.