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
Wounded and sutured - so powerful.
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DeleteBrilliant word choice. I like this a lot!
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DeleteI could almost feel my stormy self after reading this. Very well crafted!
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DeleteI love the mood you created for this piece. It's very powerful!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jen for appreciating the little piece
DeleteThese short lines do such a powerful job of expressing the pain.
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DeleteSuch pain in these words.
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DeleteIntense emotions here. Well done!
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Deletesome people are just never forgotten.
ReplyDeletethis was like a powerful, yearning prayer. Creatively done.
Thank you so much Kir for getting to the heart of the poem.
DeletePowerful emotions in so few words. Well done!!
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DeleteThis is such a tender piece, Ruby! < 3
ReplyDeleteThank you Kymm for being so appreciative of the little piece
DeleteTouching. I really liked it.
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DeleteI read this a couple of times, swallowing each word slowly. It is both ethereal and grounded. Beautiful.
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DeleteVery much a presence.. really well done.
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Delete"Evanescent, / I still breathe her." Such a vivid image.
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Deletesuch meaty words: quietus, evanescence. Really gives your point some weight!
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DeleteWow, you really did a nice job of somebody broken and barely put back together. I can feel the fragility here. Nicely done. Thanks for linking up!
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