At the Show

Hot lights flooded upon the stage,
silk shawls of sequins swirling from the wings;
they twirled; pranced; leapt; entranced.
frolicked into orderly rings.

 

I stuttered into this masquerade as a
shudder shivered down my spine.
I shook around my course cotton pleats
but was so invested that I missed the sign...
The shimmering sheets of satin dispersed,
sending panic thudding within my ears.
My ankle failed me; the spotlight burned me;
toppling, I realised, I’d been out of time all along.

~ posted on Instagram - 29th April 2020