I've Been There - You Can't Leave

The other day, i went to chuck out an open mike and basic people's signup to share their short stories or poetry. And eventually this girl makes her way up. The first thing she does is tell the room, ay, i've never done this before, but i've always wanted to, so here i am. She takes out her phone, aaand begins reading some of her poems. And pretty quickly, two things stuck out to me. One, as she was brilliant, but also visibly nervous. That's how visibly nervous she was. And immediately my mind went down this road reflecting back on the moments i've had just like that. Because, man, i