Today's Dance Recital
The dance recital featured girls
From 3 to high school age,
With choreography and costumes
Lighting up the stage.
Our grandchild in the hip hop group
Is old enough to know
The full routine with all the steps,
Her confidence a’glow.
The youngest dancers, oh, so cute,
Came out not quite prepared.
Should they be twirling? Maybe not,
But no one really cared.
Except for one who stood transfixed,
Like staring at a wall.
I couldn’t tell, but maybe
She was crying through it all.
I wondered how her parents felt
But I could surely guess,
Since oftentimes what we expect
Instead, is slightly less.
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