I think I’m getting the hang of this writing prompt malarkey. I’ve another contribution to the picture prompt over at http://ermiliablog.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/picture-it-and-write-5/
It’s not completely polished. It has gone through several revisions in the past 24 hours. If I try to revise it any more at this point in time, it will be weeks before it goes up on the site. So, here is
The Ballerina
Beautiful in surrender
In chaos retired her grace
A puppet to her master’s choreography
She displayed her talent on stage
Every night
Spilling out emotion in public
Arenas, a gladiator of dance
Spectators watched Pointe
Shoes cut
Deeper than a sword
Legs crumble
Like storm-weathered trees
Humiliated
She flew with clipped wings
And broken strings
Spiralled into freefall
Saved from crashing head first by
Ribbons and pearls
Nice the way you cut up the different inspirations of the picture separately and then pieced them all back together in a different picture. I feel like I just read a poetry collage. Awesome!
I loved the imagery behind “beautiful in surrender.” There’s some yoga poses that come to mind where the beauty is in surrendering and letting go. It also displays the pain behind Pointe.