Dancing Before the Queen

a young ballerina's muse in a field of flowers

                   "Dancing Before the Queen"



         She danced carefree with the honeybees

         on a stage carpeted with purple and blue-green clover

         back-dropped by tall stands of golden sunflowers.

         Her flowing skirt twirled like gossamer wings in the wind,

         as little bare feet flitted among varied flowers in a field.


         The tiny tot's gauzy attire became decorated;

         polka-dotted with ladybugs and glittered with pollen.

         Grasshoppers soon joined the petite performer

         in a sassy song and dizzy dance.


         A sprite's spirit remained her muse,

         as the budding ballerina blossomed into womanhood.

         On a wide wooden planked stage

         back-dropped by blue and white smoky curtains,

         she danced carefree before the Queen.



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Inspired by my granddaughter, Brooklyn Fondaw