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.

Invitation

    Image: Woman with Towel by Degas

“Be mild, and cleave to gentle things,
thy glory and thy happiness be there.”  ~William Wordsworth

I see you in the mirror

watching me

watching you

as the yellow sunshine

and blue shadows

fall across my skin.

You know the arch at the small of my back,

the hollows beneath my shoulder blades,

the curve of neck and breasts and belly.

They wait for your kiss.

Written for The Mag where Tess Kinkaid presides over the weekly creative writing group, IGwRT, and for NaPoWriMo Day #7.