Aurora Magazine 2017

Rosemary Burke Ciaudelli Balance

Balanced on one toe and ankle of steel The other leg lifted impossibly high, She holds that pose with perfect poise. Small hands graceful as birds. Willowy body, pale and ethereal Suggests fragility but Appearance belies amazing strength. Balanced now between woman and child Poised in this breath-holding moment, She is almost ready for the dance of life.

Should she choose ballet There can be no balance. Everything else must fall away.

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