The Twilight Twenty-Five
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Prompt: Ballet Studio
Pen Name: jenejes
Pairing/Main Character(s): Alice
Rating: T

Phoenix. Rising from the ashes.

Gripping the barre again, I sigh at the comfort of familiarity.

New York feels like a lifetime ago, yet only yesterday.

I close my eyes; see the lights, feel the pain all over again.

End of my career, my life. I hear those deafening words. "You'll never dance again."

"Yes, I will. I have to"

I cried for weeks. Thought therapy would kill me. Blamed the city.

Moved cross-country, started over in Arizona.

Found my end gave me a new beginning. Husband, daughter, students.

Now my dreams aren't just for me anymore.

A life reborn.