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...