Golden Feet

Poem #261 • Gravity only has so much force with which to oppose

O graceful ballerina with golden feet
rose in your tied back hair
and polka dotted pleat
it seems the ground on which you stand with your toes
knows that with enough practice even gravity only has so much force with which to oppose

Each muscle toned, slim, and fair from years of exercitation
demure and dapper
each arch and point to the body and into the air passes cradling time from the pastel reds of the morning
to the deep dark of night falling across your chest

When you leap it is as if the shadow of the sun spreads a smile behind you
Are your rose lips painted with the song of graceful measure
having pushed back with time against the master that is nature?

With each golden foot spread even wider than the excitement with which arms can greet
hands placed to the side, core held in, head held high
this hovering I can see spinning even across soft light
like an ornament of sheer spectacle
what a sight!

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