The Astronaut and the Ballerina

She points and flexes her feet

Pretending to be a bailarina

and she twirls

as if she could in one movement

Become the woman she wanted to be

She looks up and smiles

Reaching for his hands

Her very own astronaut

Just back from a trip to the stars.

Instead she is grasping at the moon,

she tilts her head and says,

"Astronaut, where are you?

Ballerina can't live without you."