Personal Narrative: Lean On Me By Bill Withers

Imagine you’re worst fear come to life and the only way to get rid of a burden this big is for you to face it, face your fears. But how could you even remotely come close to achieving this goal when your hands are shaking, palms are sweating and you’re whole body feels like it’s going to shut down in a matter of seconds. That was me on June 17th, 2014 the last day of 8th grade. Preparing for this day was one of the toughest most challenging things I had to do in my life. Every year on the last day of school the 8th grade choir would sing “Lean on me” by Bill Withers at the end of the year assembly. We sang this song because it represented the departing of middle school friends and moving on to the big leagues of high school. Even though we would say are …show more content…
Every day I would practice with the choir and keep failing because not only did I not know how to adjust my fingers to the pacing of the song but I also wasn’t used to playing in front of an audience. I thought everyone was starting to doubt my ability to play this piece until one day my eyes scanned over the choir and each one of them had a smile on their face. They knew that for me to achieve this goal I could use some support, this only made me work harder. My thoughts stopped draining my confidence and my heart grew stronger for the love of beautiful music that was soon to be portrayed and in the process I was learning and growing as a musician. My mind became sharp and confidence built as my hands paired with my eyes and moved across the piano as if they were dancing in a powerful synch. Moving forward to the big day I sat down at the piano bench one last time. My eyes looked across the gym seeing my family, friends, teachers and the whole student body looking back at me. I turned to the choir for my que to start the tradition, and all I could see was smiling faces. Combining the choir’s voice with the piano made an aura that left the