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
*Great* message here! We rely so much on social media to stay on top of things, but that's where we stay - on top, on the surface. Nice job.
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your thoughts here.
ReplyDeleteGreat poem, Ruby. I hold out hope yet, as it gets harder and harder to physically meet...
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So true. I'm not into social media (no Twitter/FB). I've made many blog friends over the years, but it's still not the same as my 'real life' friendships :)
ReplyDeleteSome virtual things can never replace the real feelings. Thank you so much Janna
DeleteI so agree Ruby,"They have yet to tread
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Yearning friendships.." This is specially true for all of us who were born before this cyber age came into being-I have friends who have stood the test of time and we are still friends after 42 odd years-nowadays friendships are only based on whtsapp or Fb and have no value-other than "face value"-so sad!Beautifully written -like always.Would like to remain in touch with you-do let me know how,please,thks and all the best:-)
I so agree with your sentiments.i am also glad that you can boast of cherished sets of friends. Only few can do so. But then somewhere it has helped us all connect over such platforms in larger and broader manner. I am enjoying being there on fb, twitter, etc ;-) and getting to know people like you.
ReplyDeleteThe fb badge and twitter links are available in all posts. Hoping to hear from you soon on either of two.
ReplyDeleteSo true! I would much rather have a face to face interaction. There is so much more to learn!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind words
DeleteThere really is nothing as good as personal contact, but I value the friends who live in my computer.
ReplyDeleteOn one level of concious, i echo these
Deletesentiments too. Thank you so much Tara
Oh man, yes! It is nice to have them as a filler for the in between times, but nothing can make up for direct contact with friends and family.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much editors. I am glad we share similar thoughts on the topic.
DeleteFriendship has never really been my goal. A platform for my writing and thoughts was all it was supposed to be. I like the term e-quaintance for my blogging 'friends' - I have created all these networks for my blog - and yet people still try to add me as a friend on my personal facebook. - this i don't understand...
ReplyDeleteYour thoughts set me on thought process. How desperately we all our craving for social associations both real and virtual. Thank you so much Ida
DeleteNice capture on the dichotomy of social media, allowing us to be "in touch" with so many more people than ever before without necessarily ever having the ability to physically "touch" a one of them. And yet an outlet such as this often offers permission to express thoughts and feelings in a way we might not otherwise always feel comfortable doing in what should be a more personal realm. Ah, the psychology of blogology & such...
ReplyDeleteYeah something like necessary evil. Thank you for sharing your thoughts here
DeleteSo true. Only time will tell the kind of friendships that social media create (which is what happens in real life, too). :-) Nice poem, Ruby.
ReplyDeleteYeah only time can tell. But you won me over with " which is what happens in real life too" thing. Thank you very much
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