I don’t have a pointe

chin up please, where did your neck go, it has to be long, get your shoulders down, tuck your stomach, your heels should be together and forward, don’t bend your knees, there you go, that is what you call a first position. I remember those days, when all I wanted to do was put on a tutu, when the only thing that was on my mind was when will I be on pointe, but now every time I someone mentions ballet I wince in pain, it’s so sad to remember I had to give up ballet so I could maintain my grades, I couldn’t even be on pointe. I remember when I realized that I could never be a ballet dancer it was as if someone took a part of my soul, probably because ballet was a part of my soul, of my identity, of my being, but I had to say goodbye and realize that I could never be on pointe, I only had flat ballet shoes.

@brandi333