The air was so thick,
it felt hard to breath,
silence and anticipation so encompassing the surroundings
as though nothing else existed.
The thoughts scattered in my head
urged me to run fast and hard and not look back,
fear and weakness
but that wasn't who I wanted to be
Who I am.
I had to stay.
My everything was about to be laid out on a table before me.
This was the final test
I could not show weakness.
I dug deeper inward
for the confidence and strength I knew I had
to complete the first part of my
journey to a new me
A door that had to be closed
before a new one could open
just another mountain that had to be moved
with strength courage and confidence
and today was just another day in my life where
I had to muster these abilities from within my core
so i took a deep breath
let it out with a nervous sigh
and in that instant mustered the courage
to move forward
no matter what the outcome
I put myself out there.
In the end it felt like the longest wait of my life
but the results were of pure elation and relief
and a greater confidence from within that
I had taken for granted and
never acknowledged before.
This was a significant day
in my journey to something greater.
