Ice Dance
Margaret Helmstetter is a professional writer and former skater.
Jeweled dresses
The colors resonant with life
Blazing in the air
The lights catching
Holding the glitter
Skirt swirling
Legs flashing
Bending low
A step, a glide
Swooping like a bird
Flying free
Balancing, turning
As graceful as a swan
Dips and loops
Spinning, and bobbing
No bird can compare
To the freedom
Taking flight In leaps and capers
Matching your partner
Swirls,
A mating dance
Fleeing across the ice
Catching
Another spin
A leap of joy
A bird in the sky
The music slowing
Slipping leisurely
The final
Twist
Stillness, resting
The soaring is through
The ice dance complete


