Sing
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It’s a lot. But it’s not everything.
I clear my throat and go on.
“Sometimes, life gives you all kinds of stuff at once, and you have to make choices. Sometimes what you want and what you need will be two different things. Sometimes life won’t make sense, and things will be complicated, and it won’t be easy. The choices won’t be easy. But you’re going to be okay. We’re going to be okay. Because right here, right now, I choose all of you.”
The stadium erupts and I stand up, now close to shouting, just to hear myself over the deafening roar. “You are the reason all my dreams have come true. You are the reason I get to do the thing I love most in the world every day and every night. I get to write songs, and we get to sing them together. So, as long as you show up, I’ll show up, too. As long as you’re here, I’ll be here, too. Deal?”
There are whoops and shouts and I laugh, returning to the piano and pushing back the lid. I lay my hands on the keys, pressing into them slowly. I play the first few bars of “Let It Be,” improvising until my fingers find the right, new chords.
“So this song is for all of you. It’s for anyone who has a choice to make. Anyone who’s still waiting. It’s called ‘Dear Sid,’ and I wrote it for a very special friend of mine.”
I sneak a glance at the crowd and see Sidney with her hands up to her face, her eyes wide and glistening.
I turn back to the piano.
I close my eyes and take a breath.
I sing.
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VIVI GREENE is a pop-culture addict and lives year-round on an island off the coast of New England.
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