Shelby Mccullough Poet Carpe Diem

The Dancer

[THE DANCER]

The shattered glass, in a million pieces.
The blood spilled on the floor.
She never lived, she never was.
All the pain, all the disdain...
she never was one for tolerance.
Alone she dances.
Those shattered pieces mean her no harm, it was not her fault...
She's just dancing.
Don't think
It hurts.
You'll never know the hurt of complete isolation.
She doesn't even know,
she just keeps dancing.
Beautiful
Graceful
Lost
Broken.
In her mind she lives,
she loves
she knows 
she is.
For her, the music never stops, she just keeps dancing...
Beautiful
Graceful
Alive.
The pain never reaches her, not when she's dancing. 
She knows no loneliness, she knows not what it is to cry, to hate, to fear.
She just dances.
But no, not even she can escape reality.
The music stops.
She falls.
The shattered glass pierces her,
Hate, Loneliness, Darkness, Pain, Fear, Anger, Jealousy, Self-Loathing...

She Feels.

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Gina Young September 3, 2011 at 11:50 PM Very well written. The words all seem carefully chosen. I like the imagery of a dancer off in her own head... not aware of anything else.

Carol Sunshine Brown August 29, 2011 at 10:19 AM Congratulations Shelby on your fine poetry being featured this week. Love, Carol

Kabuteng P.Ink K. August 9, 2011 at 1:56 AM Another very effective write, Shelby-- I really liked how your short lines here worked for your poem. I couldn't help but imagine at first that this was like from a dancer in a musical box (sort of as a metaphor) --then towards the end, one realizes she is indeed real and has feelings...very thought provoking. btw just want to help; missing "e" in loneliness; and also missing apostrophe on don't and doesn't-- Very engaging write! How I hope more people read your poems! :) Shelby Mccullough August 9, 2011 at 4:24 AM Thank you so much :) I really appriciate your feedback. I've never let anyone read my writing before but I figured i'd give it a shot since its of course, very personal to me. So thank you!