Gisselle

the effect of dance on my life

Gisselle

.

Thank goodness there is still

this much joy in the world,

the fading grey world.

They throw themselves

into it, tilting their bodies

with each throw of their legs.

They care for their steps 

and every knee shift is a gift.

They aspire to the sky 

adding elaborations in their leaps

that pass in a texture, like loops

in a tapestry stretched over an eyeblink.

It passes so quickly

an evening with pretzels and cheese

leads right to sleep.

Reviews

[Soren]

Caught my eye with my daughter's middle name, with a preconcieved notion I fell right into the trap and didn't discover I was in it until the end. Well done

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks Soren