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‘Mommy I want to be a dancer’
You bought me a little jewellery box
A pretty ballerina goes round and round
In a pretty little dress, dancing to pretty music
In her pretty jewellery box world
Why is she everything I’m not?

I am 8 years old
Spinning round and round
I’ll do you proud like my little jewellery box ballerina
Only today I want to be an ice skater
Spinning on blades, scarring the ice
Like some kind of sadist ritual
Only everyone will think it’s beautiful

I am 12 years old
‘Mommy, I want to be a gymnast’
This body I possess, something I hate with my adolescent angst
Only I can change how it looks
With this art I hold
And everyone will think my body is beautiful

I am 15 years old
‘Mommy, I want to be an actress’
Then I can pretend, just like everyone else
And roles that I play
Will be what people will want to see
Then everyone will think I am beautiful

I am 5 years old
‘Mommy, I want to be a dancer’
I know that I cannot be anyone I am not
Joining a circus of make believe
Running from reality, so nobody will have to see me
I know I’m not a dancer
And that I cannot dance
But I’m still dancing, I’m still dancing
I know nobody will think I am beautiful
But I will still be dancing [comments] => 6 [counter] => 197 [topic] => 61 [informant] => carmen_queasy [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => selfstruggles )

I will still be dancing

Contributed by carmen_queasy on Tuesday, 6th July 2004 @ 10:14:25 AM in AEST
Topic: selfstruggles

I am 5 years old
‘Mommy I want to be a dancer’
You bought me a little jewellery box
A pretty ballerina goes round and round
In a pretty little dress, dancing to pretty music
In her pretty jewellery box world
Why is she everything I’m not?

I am 8 years old
Spinning round and round
I’ll do you proud like my little jewellery box ballerina
Only today I want to be an ice skater
Spinning on blades, scarring the ice
Like some kind of sadist ritual
Only everyone will think it’s beautiful

I am 12 years old
‘Mommy, I want to be a gymnast’
This body I possess, something I hate with my adolescent angst
Only I can change how it looks
With this art I hold
And everyone will think my body is beautiful

I am 15 years old
‘Mommy, I want to be an actress’
Then I can pretend, just like everyone else
And roles that I play
Will be what people will want to see
Then everyone will think I am beautiful

I am 5 years old
‘Mommy, I want to be a dancer’
I know that I cannot be anyone I am not
Joining a circus of make believe
Running from reality, so nobody will have to see me
I know I’m not a dancer
And that I cannot dance
But I’m still dancing, I’m still dancing
I know nobody will think I am beautiful
But I will still be dancing

Copyright Â© carmen_queasy ... [ 2004-07-06 10:14:25]
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Re: I will still be dancing (User Rating: 1 )
by Bones on Tuesday, 6th July 2004 @ 10:18:41 AM AEST
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Great poem! I love this poem. It's very well written! Put some acoustic guitars behind some vocals singing that poem and it would make a beautiful song. 5/5

Re: I will still be dancing (User Rating: 1 )
by lostinmyself on Tuesday, 6th July 2004 @ 10:30:39 AM AEST
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I love the ending, it is so sad.
The way you describe it seems to be something that i, and im sure others can relate too.
Oh, for childish dreams..everything was much simpler then...
Great write, Phil xxx

Re: I will still be dancing (User Rating: 1 )
by hannahbanana on Tuesday, 6th July 2004 @ 10:41:48 AM AEST
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OH WOW...THIS BLEW ME AWAY. EXCELLENT WRITE. YOU ARE SO WONDERFULLY TALENTED.

Re: I will still be dancing (User Rating: 1 )
by Lionel on Tuesday, 6th July 2004 @ 11:56:02 AM AEST
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From what I read, I think you are beautiful.

Re: I will still be dancing (User Rating: 1 )
by Jenni_K on Tuesday, 6th July 2004 @ 12:05:08 PM AEST
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You are beautiful!!! And you can be any one or more of these.... Awesome write....
Jenni

Re: I will still be dancing (User Rating: 1 )
by Inevitable on Friday, 5th June 2009 @ 09:42:21 AM AEST
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I am amazed.
I loved it
it rang so true
and don't worry
I will be dancing, too.

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