Any One I Care to Be

The makeup artist

Adds one last touch

The dancers line up

In the wings behind me

 

I take a deep breath

Everything seems to slow

And then I step into the spotlight

And everything changes suddenly

 

I was no longer the gawky girl

With sweaty palms

Standing backstage in a

Suffocating costume

 

With each step across the stage

I transform a little more

First my posture and my view

And then my heart

 

Suddenly I was she

Giselle, the spirit maiden

Distressed for her lover

Desperate to keep him alive

 

Each step gives me strength

And I give each movement

My entire being

The fabric of my soul

 

I float across the stage

Leaping, whirling, flying

In Abrecht’s arms

I never wanted to leave

 

And then the music stops

Just as quickly as it had come

Somehow I had gotten backstage

Still in my partner’s arms

 

But now he was only another dancer

Not the fairytale duke he was on stage

And suddenly I was just a girl again

Just another ballerina among many

 

“That was phenomenal!” my coach says.

She claps me on the back

And gives me congratulations

And I smile

 

I smile because today, I was Giselle

I smile because I had become a spirit

I smile because this was who I am,

Who I always wanted to be

 

I smile because

On stage

I am anyone

I care to be

Author's Note

Inspired by the performance of a Giselle. :D I hope you all know where Giselle and Albrecht came from! I certainly do NOT own them!

Reviews

[Eric Cox]

A very good piece. I always regret turning down a part when I was young and shyness struck. Nice work.

[Aeternal Oceanfire]

So true! I can be a mad man onstage! That is always brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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XD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Giselle is my ballet! I love her variation in the dance! The story is soooooooooooooo beautiful! I love love love love your poem! Oh my god you got me so excited when you wrote the part of dancers but I nearly exploded hearing the part about Giselle! Excellent poem!