Ballerina take your stance
let them know what you demand.
Gain control within your dance
tiptoeing to the commands.
Ballerina show your strength,
graceful beauty perfect pace.
Stretch your leg to a full length,
hide the pain traced on your face.
Ballerina hold your pose,
looking like a single rose.
All your weight lands on your toes,
putting on a perfect show.
Ballerina win the crowd,
leaping high to spin around.
Final move leads to a bow,
posing gently on the ground.
Ballerina go to sleep,
music box full of stories,
my gems are all yours to keep,
in exchange for your glories.
– Grace Y. Estevez-Reddy
This is beautiful, Grace!!!! The repetition of “ballerina” gives the piece such a dreamy flow. I love the life lessons you intertwined with ballerina metaphors, so expertly done!!! Your words are always so graceful and oozing with beauty of every kind!!! Keep shining, my dear friend 🖤🤗
Thank you so much, Ace. Your kind and thoughtful comments truly make me smile and warm my heart. I appreciate you, my friend. Much love to you.❤️ ❤️
Beautiful
Thanks so much,Jawolfe.💕🙏😊
Really captures the pain of dancing as a profession. Love the music box finale, Grace.
Thank you so much, K. I’m so glad you liked it.💕🙏❤️
A beautiful uplifting poem keeping a ballerina in the centre. Loved it.
Glad you liked it. Thank you so much, KK.💕🙏💕