The 12 inch heel, the confident gait, The measured steps, the sudden halt, The blush on cheeks, the smoldering eyes, The hands on hips, head held high, The silken gown, barely there, A tilt of neck, balanced well, The sultry glance, timed right, Perfect half twirl, played twice, With a graceful swirl, she turns back. The world looks on with stolen breath, Oohs, aahs, applauds, encores. The showstopper’s yesterday, Now hangs in a gallery, Fading parchment, guarded unnecessarily. No shadows of glamour come a-chasing, For vacant eyes and sagging skin, For shattering illusions, hanging questions, Am I never going back? Linking with The Mag : Mag 147 Linking with Write on Edge : The Red Writing Hood - The Gallery Linking with My blog can beat up your blog : 100 Word Song : Never going back to Ok Linking with The Velvet Verbosity : 100 Words - Breath
A drained spirit that moves to anticipation of love and life. Lovely sentiment and beautifully written.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lumdog.
DeleteSpirit drained onto the page. Love and life - Beautiful piece.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kelly.
DeleteHow beautiful! I like the idea of finding blessings in the ordinary world.
ReplyDeleteI guess we all endeavor to find some. Don't we TMW Hickman. Thank you so much.
DeleteI like this Ruby! Lovely! :D
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda.
DeleteWell done. Writing brings strong/cemented AND scattered moments together for me.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing :)
This is really encouraging, braintomahawk. Thank you so much.
DeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bo.
DeleteLove and life! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Gina.
DeleteWorker, husband, father - the latter two tempering the first. At the end of the long work day, family will rejuvenate him.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written, Ruby. :-)
Thank you mywordwall. I loved how you re-expressed my sentiments. The words so beautifully blending in your version.
DeleteSimple and elegant. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you Wisper.
DeleteHow sweet. Sounds like daddy is stuck at work and would rather be with his baby.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Thank you Kenya.
DeleteThis is such a beautiful and well written piece :D Looking forward to more of your work :D
ReplyDeleteAmyBird x
Thank you AmyBird. This is very encouraging to hear.
DeleteI love the sentiment of this piece, Ruby! Get home to love and life!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandra.
DeleteAww a great one.... poor dad and husband, stuck at work.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ma Connie.
DeleteLovely feelings come through your words.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for such kind words.
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