The Dancer
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Topic: The Dancer
Posted By: Ingrid16
Subject: The Dancer
Date Posted: October 14 2002 at 2:42pm
He watches night by night as her feet touch the floor,
her legs taut and her skirts alight,
and upwards to where glory is hidden
bound up in modesty but still apparent as the golden lights that dance about it.
He wishes, wills, that he someday might see,
just one strand of this golden light break free,
and show its glory to all.
And yet he wishes and wills that it stay hidden and thus stay his;
for he alone knows the beauty resting atop the graceful neck of this swan,
and though he cannot see it, he knows its secrets.
But then, as she forever turns across the floor, it comes to be,
that one lock of this beauty breaks free,
and floats shining through the dark air above her, and his breath catches, for it is no longer his alone, but for all to wonder at, to envy, to love,
that such a perfection as she should be crowned with such glory, and her perfection made perfect twice over.
And she strikes her last pose, and bows down low, and this stream of gold touches the floor,
and she looks up and finds his eyes,
and he knows that his secret is safe, for he shall later find that one ray of golden light pales to the full glory of day,
when his love is returned at a time to be.
So with a smile she retreats, golden swan of the stage, and he goes to meet her at the door,
to at last touch the object of his love,
and take as his own her glory evermore....
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If I had wings then I could take you in
I'd stay on the ground and show you some things
The grass is strewn with blades of gold
all sights and sounds I have been told
all hopes, desires, seem to sing
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Replies:
Posted By: Johan
Date Posted: October 15 2002 at 1:17am
Ingrid darling,
You not only write into general hair talk sites, you are a poet as well, and a very talented one, although I am hardly an expert on poetry. I think you have a knack for writing my dear, and an inclination towards poetry and literature, that sort of stuff! Am I right!
You are a poet, and you know it, and you show it, don`t you know it!
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Posted By: Ingrid16
Date Posted: October 15 2002 at 1:47am
WOW! Thanks, Johan! I`m glad you liked it. Yes, I like to write poetry (I think it would be pretentious to call myself a poet, tho). Nothing that serious, just for fun. It was kinda wierd to write a poem about hair, but I guess people have written poems about much stranger things than that. I didn`t really think that I`d get such a positive respose. You`ve made my night! :) :)
Ps; you`re quite the sweet-talker, too :)
Love, Ingrid
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If I had wings then I could take you in
I'd stay on the ground and show you some things
The grass is strewn with blades of gold
all sights and sounds I have been told
all hopes, desires, seem to sing
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Posted By: uzma
Date Posted: October 22 2002 at 2:35pm
Delicious poem Ingrid
Yep - you`re a poet - you just didn`t know it .......
Really enjoyed it.
Applause, Applause!!!
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Uzi
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Posted By: Ingrid16
Date Posted: October 23 2002 at 1:04am
Thanks, Uzma!
Glad you liked it! :) :)
Love, Ingrid
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If I had wings then I could take you in
I'd stay on the ground and show you some things
The grass is strewn with blades of gold
all sights and sounds I have been told
all hopes, desires, seem to sing
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