幕が上がる

We always want to be strong and beautiful: with fire in our eyes, a steel back, applause and spotlights. But in reality, strength looks different - it's trembling legs before taking a step, palms slipping with sweat, and the endless ‘what if it doesn't work out?’ And yet it is precisely this weakness that shows that there is something valuable worth holding on to until the end.

The music here sounds not like a victory march, but like a conversation with yourself, where you acknowledge your fear and at the same time promise not to give up. Not for the sake of fame, not for the sake of ‘something special,’ but for the sake of a familiar smile that once chose to stay close. And that is much more significant than any loud ovation.

In the end, there remains a simple, honest desire: to become strong not for the stage, but to protect what is truly dear.