Literary: Prima

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"...Two, three...Two, three..."

As you were the one

Who witnessed my first few steps

Toward what I am now

Pas de Deux

From then on

With a gentle hand

And sure steps

Ever graceful

You led on

Plié
You taught me how to bend to the heavy
And just spring
Back up again

Balancé

You taught me to stay

In equilibrium

Despite all

That burden me

Écarté

You taught me how to separate myself

From the stillness

Of the normal

Quatre

You keep pushing me to go onstage

And face everyone, everything that terrifies me

No matter how ready I am

En pointe

And somehow

Each and every time

I trip and fall

You never fail

To pick me back up

Elevé

And

Make me

Try again

Welcome