Pirouette

by Jenni Marie   Jan 8, 2014


Your toes must be tired;
after all that dancing you
keep participating in
back and forth, tip toe,
shuffle, and twirl.

Invisible hands reaching
out trying to create a wedge
-don't you ever become
tired of your own envy?

Soft appearances obscure
mendacious hearts and
{Kind eyes} shroud a
counterfeit personality
Countless masks for
all occasions

-do you even know
who you are anymore?

Eye to eye contact made with
no reservations, I guess you
don't know that I know the
real you. Didn't your mama
ever teach you; if you don't
have anything nice to say then
don't say anything at all?

Pick up the tempo, don't lose
the pace- people will be aware
that you haven't memorised
your real performance

Pirouette a little faster honey,
people are noticing that
you're falling out of step

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  • 10 years ago

    by BlueJay

    I love the feeling of this piece and the wonderful descriptions. I think you penned a fabulous piece with amazing desplays of every skill. stunning metaphor and perfect word choice. Your imagery was so vivid and unique without being totally off the wall, great job. You did a great job of moving the story along and making excelent interesting statements. I really really enjoy this piece it is so beautiful

  • 10 years ago

    by Beautiful Soul

    Hi Jenni I must say I truly adored this poem. From start to finish it really kept me interested. The imagery is great too. Though this poem holds a lot of metaphor and compare. I love when people can incorporate imagery within a metaphor poem because I believe it enhances it greatly. Now the poem as I said is outstanding. The plot is great and I loved the softness of this character. I can see this as a narrator and they are having a flashback or just remembering their past. From a time a person hurt them inside which is sometimes worse then getting hurt on the outside. This person was in love or had a good friendship and now they have ruined everything. I liked the different tones of this. There is a lot of sadness and it seems like at the end they are getting joy because the person that hurt them life is falling apart. The two most powerful lines here are the middle and ending. The message is strong within them and the story/ flow overall is wonderful. I enjoyed this one a lot :). Beautiful write.

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