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Ballet

by  Carlton

Posted: Thursday, November 25, 2004
Word Count: 48




How must it be
to know with such certainty
yet holding back with some uncertain mind.
Withdrawing, you start away uneasy,
unsure as yet which way to turn.

A short pause, followed by a slight pas de bourrée,
you sidestep your emotion
leaving me
to contemplate my own.