3 February, 2019
Leotard and satin pointees
She sheds on the river bank
Shadow dives in deep
Waves drape around
Through the water she dances
The Water Ballerina
Piercing blades of sun|
Turns feathers on her face
Serene resonance of mute swans
Fills her ears underneath
Rainbow mosaic of the chandelier above
Drizzles through the wreath of Banyan
Blinds her eyes
Drowned in the dark
She closes her eyes to see
In billows of crystal
Circled by the dancing Nymphs
With wings stretched out
She swirls like a Naiad
She glides, she melts
Bends and rises
Into the wind she propels
Leaving the gravity
Towards liberty
Her shadow flings over the river horizon
Where the Deities of wind and water meet
Through the water she dances
The water ballerina
- Chamari Fonseka