_{Annual Events}

_Beautiful,

            _{Forgotten Dance.}

                        _Forsaken.

_{Multitudes in Spring}

            _{inexperienced}

            _{young ballerinas, a new.}

_{Offered this year}

            _{girls of many- will come.}

_{Wanting to be on stage.}

            _{Hungry the young.  Dancing Desired}

_{Each dances & looks different}

            _{yet all dance to the same song.}

_{Practice they must}

              _{hard work-determination.}

                             _{Perfection is each one.}

_{Dancers embraced}

              _{bringing life to the stage;}

              _{juveniles dance their own dance.}

_{Fighting for space;}

              _{All their own.}

                             _{Recognition they seek.  The spot light they lust.}

_{Cause in darkness they with their dream would wither.}

              _{For the light they}

                                                  _{leap   and twirl}

                            _{Towards the warmth they      lunge.}

_{Pushing and Fighting}

              _{some not so quick}

                              _{experience lacked.}

_{No other little ballerinas take notice.}

               _{The Unfortunate unnoticed- undone.}

_{The others are too focused}

               _{Concentration}

                               _{To the light.}

_{The girls who don’t make it}

                 _{have weakened}

                                                  _{fallen-broken}

                                                                       _off.

_{The little but strong}

                _{survived their first dance.}

_{Smiling at each other}

             _{jealousy subsides.}

_Competition

              _{But new friends}

                                       _{congratulate one another.}

         _{NOW DANCING BEGINS.}

_{A Breeze.}

               _{Wind blows.}

                                  _{Dancing in the wind.}

_{Harmony lacked –  soon comes in time.}

_{New song  – Dance learned..}

                           _{Together now One.}

_Dance

            _Dances

                         _{Go by.}

_{Few girls lost.}

_{Bonds build from ballerinas that remain.}

   _{The dance must go on.}

_{Time Passes}

            _Days

              _Months

           _{go by.}

_{Effects each one dancer.}

              _{Aging occurs}

              _{many hide age in colors.}

_{Their youthful colors fade fast.}

     _{Hide Now- behind}

     _{different reds, browns, or back blonde.}

                            _{Dance now grows difficult.}

_{BREEZE BLOWS}

   _{bruises brittle bodies.}

_{Weather Warm}

               _{grows cold.}

               _{Ballerinas   now   fragile.}

               _Older-meek

_{Ladies sense a storm}

     _{on the horizon.}

_{Their own death, they can see.}

_{SNOW FALL}

_{Snow- they’ll freeze.}

_{Too Old for the COLD.}

            _IDEA

_{Warmth by dancing.}

_{One last dance together}

                             _{before death.}

_{It’s cold}

                  _{they’re old and real weak.}

                  _{Happy for one more dance}

                               _{And their chance for fame.}

_{Graciously they don’t bow out.}

_{They will dance.  No need for practice.}

_{United sisters together they dance.}

_{This is all they know}

              _{life spent on stage.}

_{Bonds they’ve all grown-to each other}

                                                   _{built friendships}

                                                                          _{& love.}

_For-

          _{danced on the same stage}

                                                  _{Together-life long.}

                _{They die dancing.}

_{Their purpose served.}

                        _{Empty left the stage.}

_{Perished –}

                  _{Each one.}

   _{Stage deserted.}

_{But hope not lost.}

_{Blackened stage.}

   _{Some stages see decades- out living all dancers.}

                _{Numb they’ve become.}

     _{No feeling for the numbers}

                                            _{that this year has brought –}

                                                                        _{they’ve perished gone away.}

_{Next year births the new}

                                                            _ballerinas.

               _{Dances to learn.}

_{The year to come brings girls a new.}

            _{Little ballerinas.}

        _{Not yet birthed- will seek the same.}

_{Bringing life from the spotlight,}

                                             _{Eager for their turn.}

_{Together they’ll dance}

                        _{Same story}

                                _{different song.}

                 _{They’ll age together.}

                                          _{Older. Old.}

                _{They too will meet defeat.}

                          _{Old age comes fast.}

_{The Old}

            _Lost

                   _Forgotten.

       _{No memories remain}

_{of last years prized pupils.}        

   _Nothing

                                       _Remains.

_Vanished.

    _{They’re gone.}

_{No one looks behind.                  Enchanted- makes them forget.}

       _{Hypnotized by youth.}

                                _{They practice.  To perform.}

_{New dances are done.}

              _{For they too lust the spot light.}

                     _{They               Leap.}

                                           _{They   Lunge.}

            _{Some attention desired}

                                                _{before they’re gone.}

       _{Recognition from the spotlight.}

       _{The purpose of their life. Dancing in the Sun.}

_{LIFE OF A LEAF}