Of secret steps

Of secret steps her feet had waltz
where the limelight never shined,
fans told she was taking extended vacation
to hide her private tragedy in car accident.

Months spent refusing to believe doctors
declared in their medical prophecies that her lifeless limbs were paralyzed.
But her heart refused to sleep in that cursed crippled fate
dancer's spirit battled the tarantulas of pain crawling through her legs,
never giving up despite the nights of marathons in muffled screams
at last on the stage again, her face shining most from joy of secret steps.