Monday, November 11, 2013

Exit Dancing

    Image: Danseuse ajustant sa bretelle, 1895096, Edgar Degas

Enter the closet
with boxes full of dreams,
excess baggage,
skeletons,
dirty laundry,
truth.
Close the door tight.
No.
Open the door,
and come out
dancing.


This image is provided by Tess Kincaid at The Mag creative writing group.  Click on the link and check it out.

19 comments:

  1. For when we shed the past, we are free to "be." Loved this, Mary. Perfect capture!

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  2. What an amazing message, recipe for living. Beautiful poem, Mary.

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  3. dance and prance hmm I may be better off slamming the sucker shut

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  4. "Come out dancing"..always the cure for me..lovely!!

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  5. Sounds very positive! Way to go, Mary!

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  6. ha. we have to take it all in...in order to come out dancing....smiles...

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  7. Oh I do like this sweet poem you wrote for her. I like that she comes out dancing! Very upbeat!

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  8. Be free , laundry Goddess, there is a universe to create and inhabit ( and you do it so well!)

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  9. Yay! Coming out dancing is the way to go... :)

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  10. Freedom is a beautiful thing.

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