terrypetersen

“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”
― Jess C. Scott, The Intern

Future Life Dancer

Two little girls dance
on an empty open stage.
They twirl exploring dizziness
and laugh as song rhythms repeat.

A man comes and pulls
the older child away while
the smaller one continues
to explore her own feet,

to pat her toes in syncopated
rhythms on the wooden floor
as if she notices her shoes 
and their sounds for the first time.

My brow lowers as the
scene continues and I wonder
if I am making judgments based
on fact. To bless all possibilities

I slip by the father and his two
small girls. “You have beautiful
children,” I say, then grin at the
older child. My words are for her.

illustration made from public domain image