Ballerina Blues

Ballerina Blues

Stretch and practice, practice and stretch

Each solo dance as unique as a sketch

Hours on end, we train to succeed

We scream when we hurt, our body’s now bleed

The work we put in, nobody knows

The pain of being on our toes

As we hope to be given fame

We also have to feel the pain

Of feet that blister with open sores

To create something the world adores

Which brings us to the dance debut

But by the time the dance is through

Our body’s broken for what we do

We do it for us, but also for you

 And even though it causes pain

We know the phrase, “no pain, no gain”