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
hmmm yes it is something to think about, action versus writing and dreaming. Intention really doesn't count for much or is that what gives us meaning? enjoyed it :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Steven.
DeleteA wandering existence! yes! Well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda.
DeleteI like what you said about a wandering existence. Thought provoking piece :D
ReplyDeleteVacant living and wandering existence are great descriptions. Great response!
ReplyDeleteThank you Janna.
DeleteI think the narrator is disturbed by the lack of coherance of the writing process. But isn't that what makes writing wonderful? That a writer can take a jumble of thoughts and transform them into a set of words that is meaningful and beautiful seems like a great gift. Anyway, I may have missed the boat here. I've been known to do that! ;)
ReplyDeleteThe biggest joy of the window of writing is that each is entitled to his view. One can hop any boat that one likes. I enjoyed when you crafted a beautiful definition of a writer here. Sounds like a magic.
DeleteI can see now that I got on a different boat that the one you were sailing on, so thank you for your diplomatic response. I actually enjoy it when people miss my point since I get to hear how multi-faceted my work is! ;) Seriously, you inspired me to comment further since I do think that the ability to write is a gift and IS magic!
DeleteI AM glad that you replied back. And yes, I did try to put that across diplomatically. But I too enjoyed to see a new dimension of thought here. Seriously and this comes from heart, thank you Lumdog.
DeleteVery thought provoking. I read it several times and enjoyed it each and every time.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jeanna. I am glad you enjoyed reading this post.
DeleteInteresting thought!
ReplyDeleteThank you Annabelle
DeleteA vacant living is what I am scared of too! Beautiful job!
ReplyDeleteThank you TMW Hickman.
DeleteThis was great! To the point and focused. I read this aloud and loved how it flowed, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you TMW Hickman.
DeleteNicely done.
ReplyDeleteThank you W. Max Meyer.
DeleteI think a vacant life is a good thing to be afraid of. Thanks for linking up. Be sure to come on back tomorrow for the new challenge.
ReplyDeleteThank you editors. I too hope to be able to participate in this weekend's challenge.
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