Ballet Dancer

Your effortlessness,
not from ease

but countless hours
pounding floors

stressing ankles

tensing
knees

straining muscles
angles
toes

honing balance
ranges

grace

concealing pains
behind your face.




Ballet Dancer © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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27 words (prompt limit).  Strength and Grace brevity challenge prompt - link: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2770929-27-words-or-less---grace---k.tolnoe-noguest
Submitted: January 27, 2021









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