Dance

by emma jo_234

Dance, beauty -

fling your arms up to the roof of the world -
and your slippered nimble feet, they flash
like mirrors slivers of lightning that tear down the sky.

You spin and twirl late into the night,
and the stars that twinkle like dew-droppen leaves
are the only witnesses.

Up, up, up,
you prance up the sky’s staircase –
Dance, beauty, dance -

The melody soars, and
your soul along with it.
Feel the notes pulse in time to your heartbeat.

Whirl – leap – skip – fly
and then –
silence.

But you continue to twirl,
lost in a paradise only your own -
yet truer than anything that ever was.

Dance, my beauty –
dance.

Comments

Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Dance

    Storykeeper of Fae's Buddy Icon Storykeeper of Fae

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    This made me give an audible “oh!” once or twice. I loved it. It’s like English-translation-of-an-Italian-lovesong meets painting-put-to-words beautiful. Amazing.
    LoA

  2. Dance

    howhardlifeis♄'s Buddy Icon howhardlifeis♄

    Posted 3 months ago

    this is why i love dancing!

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