The Dance

Dancing to the silence
the music in her head seems to fill the room
every movement flows with such grace
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he stands in the doorway watching her,
speechless, he doesn't dare interrupt her
she is so beautiful to him
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eyes closed she twirls on the dirty kitchen floor
transforming the house into a castle
changing the ripped pants she's wearing into a beautiful flowing dress
her disheveled hair is long and shiny and is put up into a perfect bun...
this is how she looks during her dance
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she reveals what is on the inside during this dance and
that girl who has been through so much,
who has been beaten, abused, and rejected her whole life
is an untouched princess during this dance
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he looks on and her eyes open to meet his
she abruptly stops her dance and is again the girl she was before
she returns to her sadness and her life of pain
but for a moment she knew what it was like to be a queen