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
Oh Ruby,this is so poignant and moving-the yearning-the endless waiting-fabulous writing! :-)Glad to have made your acquaintance on Trifecta-enjoyed reading you and hope to see you around,tc and all the best:-)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Even I cherish all the associations I made here. Hope to see you round too.
DeleteThis is really lovely - I hope our writing paths will cross again!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Kelly. It is such a pleasure to hear from you
DeleteAching and beautiful, Ruby. I love 'your thoughts/keep me awake'
ReplyDeleteHope to catch up with you again somewhere soon : )
Thank you so much Kymm. And I too hope to catch up with you too :)
DeleteGorgeous writing. Best of luck with your future writings!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind words
DeleteI like this one... sounds like 'whispering thoughts'.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for such encouraging words
DeleteReading this makes the heart beat faster. Lovely stuff. Thanks for linking up in our final challenge!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Editors. Your words just made my day
DeleteWhat a sad ending. Sometimes we do wait, to no avail. I've enjoyed reading your writing for Trifecta, Ruby!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Janna. Coming from you this is a great encouragement. And i have cherished all your feedback and your writeups
DeleteA powerfully sad and lonely poem! I think we've all felt like that at least once. It's an awful feeling but you captured it and expressed it well!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Linda. I am glad you appreciate the little piece.
DeleteI love the intensity of this.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for such kind words
DeleteLonging is so purely expressed here..and so desperately wanted.
ReplyDeleteit was lovely, Ruby. So very lovely.
Thank you so much Kir for such positive feedback.
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