"The Dance" by Molly Brown

It is all in the change of the lighting, the silence of the floor, and the decrescendo of violins in the song that makes time slow down.  And he sees her, with such happiness that the Cheshire Cat does not hold a candle to her smile.  When she turns about the grey-turned-glittering tile, the shimmers cascading across her silver gown circle then halo her.  Her body pivots back to face him, for in this moment, she is water.  Two bracelets swing around her right wrist: one metal and smooth as silk, and the other adorned with diamonds.  Then she is back, back under his arm to complete a cinema-worthy spin. What seems like a thousand strings bring him back.  Time runs on as if this was only for him.  He wonders, did she feel that, too?

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