Songbird in the darkened night
A dream long held has taken flight
Up on the stage, she feels so free
Her truth is clear for all to see
The passion, drive, the sacrifice
The lonely and the sleepless nights
Her vision was forever clear
All her life she dreamed…to stand right here
©The Beginning At Last
Wow! This kind of makes me feel sad for her and happy for her all at the same time. It’s sad, sometimes, how much humans have to sacrifice to go for their dreams. Great post! 😊👏
Sometimes other commenters say what I would like to better than I can. Yes, an empowering yet bittersweet sentiment.
You’ve seen the person behind the performer. A lot of people never do. As a performer myself, in audiences I’ve practically held my breath a time or two, wondering whether some musician was actually going to get through the gig and make it off the stage standing up. In both cases I looked around to find myself surrounded by happy fans perfectly oblivious of their “beloved” star’s condition. It made me feel much better about never having been healthy enough to give a musical career a go.
It definitely takes a lot to get up there and put on a performance, even when you might not feel like it. I did it a whole one time, and while it was fun, it was stressful to be sure. Not wanting to blow it was the first and last thing on my mind.
Doing that on the regular I can imagine taking some incredible willpower. I’m sure there are several days where they don’t want to “go to work” either.
I love this image so much, I wrote something for it so we’ll see if I get around to it being what I like, you definitely wrote a deep one for this 🙏
The Beginning At Last 
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