“I need to tell you something. Something you might like to hear. You know how we’ve been spending a lot of time together lately?....
Don’t be like that, I know I’ve been taking up a lot of her time, I apologised for it already....
Ok. So what I wanted to tell you. .....
Yes. You can tell the others but it might not mean as much to them as it may to you....
You see I heard about what happened when you two met and spent all that time together.....
I know that She felt like the Most Perfect Ballerina and I know that you feel bad that you couldn’t protect Her from the hooks and barbs and the things that woman said...
That they said to Her....
How long did it take before she stopped looking in the mirror? ...
Why did She stop?.....
Do you think it was from then? .....
Could something from that long ago stop Her eyes from really seeing? Is that why Her eyes just slide away to the left when She looks at herself before we leave to go out?.....
How could those women not know....
Or was it not that bad?....
Was it just a childhood twisted memory?.....
Oh...perhaps....
Anyway.... I wanted to tell you that the other day we were running on the treadmill, She wouldn’t call it running but it was...
Yes I know, I wish She would too....
So we were running and she looked up and across from us was a mirror. And She looked.At first Her eyes did the slide but then after a while I felt a change in Her....
Yes, maybe something from when you guys were together....
I don’t know.I think Her body remembered what it was like to feel strong and fast and lean and supple...
It was like something in Her just clicked....and She looked up. She saw herself in the mirror....
I mean She really saw herself. She looked...
Yes! And Her eyes didn't slide away.I saw Her stride get longer and Her arms get looser....
Yes!....
She watched herself run....
I couldn’t believe it either...
I really wish you could have seen Her eyes light up and....
Yes!...
How did you know that She smiled like THAT!?....
She did?....
She did?.Huh!....
Well.....um...wow...yeah...
So...do you think between the two of us She might one day feel like an athlete?...
Maybe we need to encourage Her to start dancing again? ..
Yes I am well aware it’s going to take a bit of convincing...
Ok...We’ll work on it together....”
Don’t be like that, I know I’ve been taking up a lot of her time, I apologised for it already....
Ok. So what I wanted to tell you. .....
Yes. You can tell the others but it might not mean as much to them as it may to you....
You see I heard about what happened when you two met and spent all that time together.....
I know that She felt like the Most Perfect Ballerina and I know that you feel bad that you couldn’t protect Her from the hooks and barbs and the things that woman said...
That they said to Her....
How long did it take before she stopped looking in the mirror? ...
Why did She stop?.....
Do you think it was from then? .....
Could something from that long ago stop Her eyes from really seeing? Is that why Her eyes just slide away to the left when She looks at herself before we leave to go out?.....
How could those women not know....
Or was it not that bad?....
Was it just a childhood twisted memory?.....
Oh...perhaps....
Anyway.... I wanted to tell you that the other day we were running on the treadmill, She wouldn’t call it running but it was...
Yes I know, I wish She would too....
So we were running and she looked up and across from us was a mirror. And She looked.At first Her eyes did the slide but then after a while I felt a change in Her....
Yes, maybe something from when you guys were together....
I don’t know.I think Her body remembered what it was like to feel strong and fast and lean and supple...
It was like something in Her just clicked....and She looked up. She saw herself in the mirror....
I mean She really saw herself. She looked...
Yes! And Her eyes didn't slide away.I saw Her stride get longer and Her arms get looser....
Yes!....
She watched herself run....
I couldn’t believe it either...
I really wish you could have seen Her eyes light up and....
Yes!...
How did you know that She smiled like THAT!?....
She did?....
She did?.Huh!....
Well.....um...wow...yeah...
So...do you think between the two of us She might one day feel like an athlete?...
Maybe we need to encourage Her to start dancing again? ..
Yes I am well aware it’s going to take a bit of convincing...
Ok...We’ll work on it together....”
Speedy Asics in conversation with Size 3 Bloch Ballet Shoes
Apparently this conversation happened the other day between Speedy Asics and Size 3 Bloch Ballet Shoes. You can read Speedy Asics apology letter for us spending so much time at the gym lately and Size 3 Bloch Ballet Shoes story explaining how I once felt like the perfect ballerina.
Edit : I did my first Bellydancing class on 1st November. I felt like a dancer again in some small, random way...Zumba doesn't make me feel like that but Bellydancing did.
I think this conversation somehow had a bit of an influence on me ;)
Some people consider themselves athletes. Others do not. Write a piece of fiction or creative non-fiction in which athleticism features prominently.
http://writeonedge.com/2011/10/red-writing-hood-athleticism-2/
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