Ballerina on the wooden floor

That beautiful fresh soul,

Just twirling….because…

The ugly voice came from nowhere,

A failed dancer…

She said…

“Look at the ballerina with the big thighs,

The black leotard….

And the splinter-

It stuck like old criticisms and habits.

This woman looking back.

“Be like this….. put your arm here….

Just be like this.”

Blinking, twirling…. So many sequins…

Squinting, and changing the movies in my mind,

Still now a new woman…

Reviews

[Aeternal Oceanfire]

Awesome! I just love it!

[Chris]

so very quietly smiling... "Its good to be you - and right... let no one ever take that away..." Yeah, this one touched me.