a step to truth
where she tells him
that her dance card’s
been full many times over
with experiments in heartbreaking
and he, a dip
and a sore heel for not being first
the little verbal twirls
he does
to step to truth
with trepidation and inadequacies—
no one knows who should lead
Jan 8, 2013
Jan 8, 2013 at 9:37 PM UTC
a step to truth
where she tells him
that her dance card’s
been full many times over
with experiments in heartbreaking
and he, a dip
and a sore heel for not being first
the little verbal twirls
he does
to step to truth
with trepidation and inadequacies—
no one knows who should lead
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