TEN CENTS A DANCE

 

She worked at a boozy ballroom, dancing for 10 cents a dance

Barely enough to eat and pay her rent, in a rundown, seedy hotel room

So young, so alone, raised by no one but herself

Oh, she had parents, but they didn’t see her, didn’t know or love her

She married the first guy who came along, just to get away from a loveless home

But he abused her ~ he used her, then left her all alone

Twenty two years old…

alone with two small children to raise by herself

She needed someone…

Someone who would hold her " touch her tenderly with his heart

Someone to love her  ~ love her children

 

Her brown eyes wishing ~ 

 hoping to see love in a stranger’s face

Dancing for 10 cents a dance under shimmering ballroom lights

Swaying to and fro, through dream filled hopes

With her eyes closed, she pretended as she danced…

That he might be the one to save her ~ love her

 

 

When the music played she was in another world

Wishing he’d sweep her off her feet, take her away

So she could live like a lady...

and die like a flowering rose when her last petals fall ~

in the arms of one she imagined would be hers ~ once and for all

 

 

Someone to whisper velvet words of comfort...

 as their eyes met and their feet grazed the ballroom floor

Under the melodic grace of the violins, she pretended…

Hoping to find her hero ~ someone who’d give her a chance

Just…for 10 cents a dance

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Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

"Wishing he’d sweep her off her feet, take her away
So she could live like a lady and die like a flowering rose when her last petals fall
In the arms of one she imagines will be hers " once and for all
To whisper velvet words of comfort as their feet grazed the floor ."

You need two to tango and this poem captured the hopes and wishes of lovers who are looking for the right partner. Those lines were my faves...