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Dancing on Ocean Glass

Don't turn around entry

By K.B. Silver Published 4 months ago β€’ 1 min read
Honorable Mention in Don’t Turn Around Challenge
Dancing on Ocean Glass
Photo by Alex Perez on Unsplash

I flex and struggle

Strain and smile

Unable to maintain

A serene demeanor

Performing for an

Empty popcorn bag

Half buried on the beach

In marine rubble

𓂃 ΰ½Όβ‹†β˜€οΈŽπ“‚ƒπŸ©°ΰΎ€ΰ½²

A ballerina forced to dance

On hot, dry sand

With every treacherous step

Toes sink and slip

Over-rotation

Hyperextension

Blisters rasped and rubbed

Bare toes salted and roasted

𓂃 ΰ½Όβ‹†β˜€οΈŽπŸ©°ΰΎ€ΰ½²π“‚ƒ

The peanut gallery applauds

Horseshoe crabs and sand fleas

All agree

I performed with great aplomb

Closer, my surveyor creeps

Advancing a single line of grains

Looming ever larger

Just outside my field of vision

The unprecedented level of

Scrutiny adds weight to

My leaps and kicks

𓂃 ΰ½Όβ‹†πŸ©°ΰΎ€ΰ½²β˜€οΈŽπ“‚ƒ

Long flat muscles

The layers of my core

Stretch and ache

The corners of my

Mouth and eyes begin to twitch

As I run alone this

Rage-inducing race

𓂃 ΰ½Όβ‹†β˜€οΈŽπ“‚ƒ

The longer I hold on

The worse the wobble

The worse the wobble

The greater my pain

π“‚ƒπŸ©°ΰΎ€ΰ½² ΰ½Όβ‹†β˜€οΈŽπ“‚ƒ

Sand fills nostrils

Oceanic beads of glass

Scratching my retina

Scorching my face

Slow motion ceases

Inertial momentum carries me

Into the surf I splashingly careen

Callous laughter floats

Yet, the onlookers

They carry on, unseen

πŸ©°ΰΎ€ΰ½²π“‚ƒ ΰ½Όβ‹†β˜€οΈŽπ“‚ƒ

Wet and broken

Sinking into the sand

Soaked by the salty ocean

Failed at my impossible task

I accept my fate

Letting the waves crash

As they carry me away

Erily floating faces

Stare into deadened eyes

Snickers cloud my mind

As I’m battered by

The waves of time

K.B. Silver

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About the Creator

K.B. Silver

K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.

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    Written by K.B. Silver