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One Final Dance
Contributed by
NightOwl
on
Wednesday, 30th March 2005 @ 04:29:24 PM in AEST
Topic:
selfstruggles
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I silently open the door and creep
Into the dark, unlit theater
Along the plush scarlet carpet
My bare feet gently whisper
Down the slanting aisle
Past the empty rows of folding chairs
I suddenly trip and stumble
Caught suddenly unawares
My body screams for leniency
Leniency that I refuse to give it
Just one last dance, I promise myself
And then to my doctor I'll submit
Trembling, I climb the steps to the brightly lit stage
Where I danced so joyously
I would never have dreamt it would all end
In some disease about extreme joint laxity
I don't know what the disease will do
And frankly I don't care
All I know is I won't be able to dance
It's so incredibly unfair
Point shoes are out of the question
I gave those up long ago
But nothing will stop me from dancing
For my final, lonely show
Music comes from somewhere
Probably just inside my head
I let my body begin to swirl
And allow my tears to shed
Faster and faster I spin and move
Frappes, pas de basques, fondues
Unending, unceasing gliding movement
My restraint comes unglued
I let myself be one with the dance
It pick me up and I fly
Ignoring my betraying body
My pain I will defy
The colors are brilliantly swirling
And I mold with them, becoming one
My body begs for release but I dance
I'll finish what I have begun
My tears begin to block my vision
And my head throbs with pain
I slow but I do not cease moving
After all, no pain, no gain
Pushing my body beyond its limits
I perform one last grand jete
My bleeding feet give out from under me
The end of my ballet
A sobbing, ugly heap on the stage
That's what I've become
For nine years I worked so hard to be the best
And now to my body I am eternally ransomed.
Copyright ©
NightOwl
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2005-03-30 16:29:24]
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Re: One Final Dance
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by ArmyBrat on
Tuesday, 12th April 2005 @ 07:44:28 PM AEST
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| that's is amazing it's so sad but beautiful at the same time. i wish i could write like you. |
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