Behind those curtains

Adrenaline rush

Smiling faces

Beautiful dancing

Standing ovation

Everything she experiences just right before the curtains closes

As she makes her one last bow,

She realizes how nothing can ever beat the feeling

Of being on stage 

Doing the very thing she loves

And nothing would ever change that

As the curtain goes down

And she goes back to her life,

She suddenly gets the urge to share what happens behind those curtains

The side that no audience could see

But only her and every dancer out there

What really happens behind those curtains?

Bleeding toes

Painful ankles

Painful backs

Everything she never thought could hurt

Here it is now haunting her

Summers spent in the studio

Holidays spent for rehearsing

Countless replies of "sorry, I can't, i have ballet" to her friends

Sacrificing school works just to be able to be in the studio

Going to the studio everyday after school

When everyone is out there spending time with their friends

Getting home late and doing school works

When everyone are already ready to sleep 

Working hard and giving everything she has 

In the hopes that someday she would be contented with her technique

When in truth, she knows she can never be good enough

Yet still dancing and never giving up

Never feeling good enough

Never knowing if she would be casted for a dance or not

Wondering when she would be able to do everything perfectly

Just like the dancers she sees and dreams of becoming one

Yet here she is

Still coming back to a place called her second home

The only place where she could free all her problems

And dance it all out

Because she knows

That no one and nothing would ever replace

The feeling of being able to dance

Regardless of what ever happens

She's willing to give everything

Just to be able to dance

Because in her heart she knows

That everything that happens behind those curtains

Always would teach her a lesson and give experiences

That no one and nothing could ever give

And everything she does in the studio 

with her body

With her foot

And with her heart

Would always be worth it in the end