A thick fog of awareness seeped through her pores br Like hands of those holding on for life itself br She felt the knowing course through her veins br Exposing what she had worked so hard to conceal br She felt it with every fiber of her being br Even the uncertainty seemed to understand br What she had not expected or foreseen br Was what had happened next br The lights dimmed br Ear splitting applause br And the feeling of self-rightness br This was were she belongedbr br Payyton Egerstafferbr br