Solo Dancer

being single is like dancing alone on stage. the stage lights suddenly focus on you...having found their next victim. you don't have a partner to swirl you about in a flurry of taffeta...you don't have an enigmatic choreographer to teach you the steps. stage fright is your only companion. without a choice (or perhaps because of the presence of only one) you start to move and try your damn best to ignore the curious audience....and gradually you create your own choreography and begin to sway your body to the rhythm of your own beat. after a while, you start enjoying the performance....because you realize you're not dancing for the people watching you...you're actually dancing for yourself.


being single has made me strong in a way that no man has ever come close to doing. now, i myself silent my fears. i drive away my own demons. i treat my very own neurosis. i have all sorts of issues....but i deal with them. i learned to live the questions. i learned how to be patient. i learned that i can do anything i set my mind to...and that i can achieve whatever it is i truly long for. ultimately, i learned how to self-soothe and how to be a go-getter. i have become a woman who never settles for mediocrity...who fights for what is due.

and so everyday i dance on life's stage and end up discovering what i am really made of.