Will I Be Okay?
I stand there in darkness.
Heart beating rapidly.
Breathing heavily.
Three drops of sweat drip down my forehead and down my neck.
And I think to myself "will I be okay?"
The heavy curtains gently and slowly swing from side to side.
The whisper get louder and louder.
My heart beats faster and faster
My breathing gets heavier and heavier.
And I think to myself "will I be okay?
Before I could take one last breathe it finally happens.
The curtains rise and I am revealed.
As I stand there motionless and breathless I realize that the stage is my life.
I must perform and if I do not then there is no existence of my life.
I glide through the stage movement after movement, living.
If I suddenly fall I will have two choices to either get up and continue or stay down and give up.
But giving up will never be a choice of mine.
Because I will be okay.
I will push myself and accomplish what I came out to do.
Because I will be okay.
I will keep my head up and drive towards the top.
I will not stop and I will never stop.
Because I will be okay.
I have started and I will end with a remarkable and memorable finale.
Because I will become who I set out to be.
-Nicolle P. Sanchez