Ballerina Down

This was how I imagined myself:

we all have fantasies

I did my first double pirouette,

and I was the only one

to easily execute 

the new sequence:

pas de bourrée,

chassé (twice),

pas jeté en arrière.

But it was that side jeté

point your toes

that did me in.

One wrong landing

turns graceful ballerina

into hunched lady with a cane.

Note: Full recovery estimated at twelve weeks. I can do non-weight bearing activities anytime it doesn't hurt.

This was written for Magpie Tales.