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:
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Submitted: January 27, 2021