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
Sweet and hopeful. This one made me smile.
ReplyDeleteLovely, Ruby. I like the title and its innocence!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Sandra. I am glad that you enjoyed reading this one.
DeleteI adore poetry, and this is a lovely offering!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Grace. I am glad that you liked this.
Deletea love letter to life - bet it dreams of getting more of those :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. I'll cherish these words.
DeleteAh the beauty of dreams & how blessed life is because of that-very lovingly expressed, Ruby:-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Atreyee. It is good to see that the meaning was conveyed.
DeleteLove this Ruby! So uplifting. You made me smile!
ReplyDeleteThank you Suzanne. That sounds like a good thing accomplished :)
DeleteTerrific, kaleidoscope of dreams. Sweet.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kymm. It is so good to hear from you.
DeleteThis made me smile! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteThank you Renee. Your words made me smile :)
DeleteThis is just bubbling over with happiness :D I love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Draug. I really appreciate your visit and such encouraging words.
DeleteThe happiness of children comes through loud and clear here. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you TMW Hickman. It is so good to hear from you.
Deletelovely, Ruby. I like the hopefulness and the thankfulness in this.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your support and encouragement.
DeleteIf this were a color it would be pink and yellow and all the happy colors! How nice this is! :D
ReplyDeleteOh thank you so much. This is such a sweet compliment.
DeleteThe consensus seems to be that this is one cheery, positive poem. Who am I to disagree with such esteemed writers. :). Add me to their ranks, Ruby. You did a wonderful job of painting such an optimistic picture with your words. Very well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Tom. Your words gave a great start to my day. Thank you so much.
Deleteawww ... its cute :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Shreya
DeleteAnd of course its sweet :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Ambalika
DeleteAww, now why you gotta make me all teary-eyed and tempt me to call my children, just when I'm finally getting used to my empty nest?! I love this, Ruby! ;-)
ReplyDeleteDana , I am really sorry, I left you teary eyed and I am so happy that you loved this little piece. It was so good hearing from you.
Delete"Kaleidoscope of dreams" - now that is a perfectly beautiful phrase.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. It is really good to hear such encouraging words.
Deletethis is cool
ReplyDeleteThank you Sam.
Delete