Angel on Ice for a Skating Pair

MARDELLE FORTIER

Ice of pearls  valleys of snow 

Floating free on 

magic of violins. They rise to the moon 

as Piano dances without forgetting. 

Her turns open like moonflowers. Notes flow 

through her, live through her 

while white doves slip to the skies. 

Struck by tympani, she whirls—lost in love. 

Her leaps are lightning 

melted to silver rivers. 

Ice of diamonds daydreams of snow 

Violins fly on searching ivory wings. 

They lift her above gravity and time 

anything made of earth.