Disappointment

I buttoned up my jacket and looked myself in the mirror for the last time. I was satisfied with what I saw. The day had finally arrived. Even within the confines of the dressing room, I could hear the faint roar of the audience each time the contestants stepped on the stage. Then, I took a sip of water and left the dressing room.

Standing behind the curtains, I could feel the excitement building up inside me. After hearing another round of applause and the ear piercing screams, I heard the host announcing my name. It was my turn to perform. I took a deep breath and stepped out from behind the curtain.

Half of the audience stood up, screamed and cheered for me. I was overjoyed with the audiences’ response; thus, I greeted them, thanked them for their support and waved my arm vigorously at them.

Suddenly, I felt the beginnings of a nervousness that I had never felt before and when I stroked the first note of the song on my guitar, my hands began trembling. My entire body was breaking out in sweat and this was the worst case of stage fright that ever happened to anyone. I had forgotten on what to play on my guitar and I got no choice but to back away from this Talentime competition.

I was utterly disappointed in myself as I had spent much time preparing this competition and just because of my stage fright, I had to back out from the competition. I got nobody to blame but myself.