<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=372329" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Ballerina</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I twist and turn; <br>I fly so high; <br>With grace and poise; <br>Balance in dance! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wear toe- shoes; <br>I’m on my toes; <br>I fling my arms<br>And legs in charms.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I leap off ground! <br>The world’s dumb-found; <br>Stretching my limbs, <br>More than they go.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’m dressed in white; <br>I’m strong and light; <br>Earth’s gravity<br>Frightens me not.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I dropp to earth, <br>Akin snow-flakes; <br>How feathers do, <br>And autumn leaves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I keep my weight; <br>I love my fate; <br>I use the Barre; <br>I am a star.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With mind-control<br>I move each part; <br>I bend and curl, <br>And twirl and dart.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I spin top-like; <br>I sing in mike; <br>I’m famous now; <br>To me, all bow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I love my stance, <br>The elegance, <br>The style of dance, <br>And circumstance.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I am not<br>A butterfly! <br>I dance to tune, <br>Stop in mid-air! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’ve trained for years; <br>I’ve shunned my fears; <br>I’ve learnt the craft; <br>’Tis now an art! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I love my exercises; <br>I like my enterprises; <br>I am a ballerina now; <br>I am a ballerina, Wow! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Copyright by Dr John Celes 12-27-2007</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=372329" data-title="The Ballerina de John Celes" data-description="I twist and turn; I fly so high; With grace and poise; Balance in dance! I wear toe- shoes; I’m on my toes; I fling my arms And legs in charms. I leap off ground! The world’s dumb-found; Stretching my limbs, More than they go. I’..."></div> </div> </div>

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