Confidence

My feet are shaking.
My vision is blurry.
The world is spinning around me.
I feel the nausea building inside of me.
I refuse to move for fear that I will fall flat on my face.
I refuse to speak for fear that everything will come out wrong.
My ears are ringing, making it hard to hear the words being shouted at me.
All I needed was that one piece of confidence.
The day I will finally be heard.
That one thought, That one hope, That one thing to look forward to, was enough.

My feet stood still and steady.
I opened my eyes and cleared my head.
The room was still. The nausea disappeared just as suddenly as it had come.
I could hear the murmurs and yells clearly now.
I became instantly aware of what was going on around me.
A small smile spread on my lips, and I opened my mouth to sing my song...