Ballerino
I turn
and lift you
Sunlight plays in
your hair
We waltz,
the room spins
rotates
around us
Chorus 2x:
Come
once again
Fill this void
(feel so empty)
Change to changé—
jump so high
Change to changé—
jump so high
Ply,
I fold myself
desperate
at your feet
I kneel
On the hard floor
exhausted
eyes meet
Chorus 2x:
Come
once again
Fill this void
(feel so empty)
Change to changé—
jump so high
Change to changé—
jump so high
Raise
me once more
demi-pointe
Raise
me once more
hold tight
I sway
in sunlight
show me the corners
of this square room
Nothing—
nothing
holds meaning
Nothing
makes difference
I am finished anyway
I will not return here
You go alone
for us both
Dance in my arms
just one more time
pirouette
for me
Once we were two
were two
I was
a whirlwind
curls and limbs,
ambition
Your turn
to lift me
Tendu en avant
No one watching
Chorus 2x:
Come
once again
Fill this void
(feel so empty)
Change to changé—
jump so high
Change to changé—
jump so high
Remove
this darkness (x3)
Remove
this darkness
all around
***
Juni 23, 2017
Copyright © Darren White
Copyright © Darren White | Year Posted 2017
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