• Twisting
    Twirling
    Ballerina is whirling
    atop the gilded, white leather case

    Twisting
    Twirling
    Flag is unfurling
    As she wins first prize
    takes first place

    Dancing and Laughing
    Wild free and prancing
    Learns beauty is wealth
    at too young an age

    Twisting
    Twirling
    Disco Ball mirroring
    Her haunted memories
    as gray as her face

    Twisted and
    Twirling
    Ballerina is whirling
    How quickly she falls
    from the pedestals base

    Twisting
    Twirling
    Blood pumping fists churning
    As that final fragile smile
    fades from her face

    Chasing and earning
    Romances with surly
    Men who don't love her
    each worse than the other
    from one to another
    Hope finally fades

    Hunted and
    Cunning
    Now she is running
    From anyone who says
    she is worth being saved

    Twisting
    Twirling
    Flag is unfurling
    From the pole
    looking down on her grave.