Before the Stage

“Before every song, there is a silence only the musician can hear.

A violinist stands alone in the wings, eyes closed, bow in her hand — the last breath before the offering. In this threshold moment lives everything: the fear, the practice, the years, the tenderness of caring about something enough to be nervous about it.

We all live inside our own version of this moment. The pause before speaking the truth. The breath before the phone call. The stillness before stepping into the room where the person we love is waiting.

This piece isn’t about performance.

It’s about what happens in the quiet second before we choose to be brave.

What are you standing in the wings of, right now — waiting for the courage to walk out and begin?”