I Stand Here Naked

Stacey Yount
Author: Stacey Yount
Word Count: 75
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I Stand Here Naked

Stunned and ecstatic that this poem won the Nude publication challenge!!

I Stand Here Naked belongs to the following groups:

All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, RedBubble Nude, The Word Tree and Voices of the Dark and the Deep

I stand here naked
Looking in the mirror
Sad because
My body is not what it used to be
It was once so tough
A dancer’s body both soft and strong
Now it has been weakened
It is not the body I know
Legs that won’t hold me up
Shape I wish I did not see
But it has survived
I am still alive
And one day
I pray
It will be
My art again

  • Alma Lee

    Alma Lee

    Wonderful, honest and poignant !

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you so much!!

  • Faizan Qureshi

    Faizan QureshiAll Rounder

    What a beautiful poem Stacey. Very well written.

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Appreciate your support and comments as always F!

  • Anthea  Slade

    Anthea Slade

    Beautiful and raw poem – congratulations on your fabulous win.

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you so much!!

  • Nancy Chambers

    Nancy Chambers

    This is beautiful! Very well written and so touching. Congrats on your win. :)

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you so much for your comment! Means a lot to me! :)

  • Maria Mann

    Maria Mann

    What a beautiful, tough, tender and courageous piece, Stacey. Congratulations, sincerely.

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you very much! I appreciate you seeing all that in my words!!

  • Philosophy Lee

    Philosophy Lee

    Technological immortality (wikipedia)... believe it! :)

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you! :)

  • Sleek Images

    Sleek Images

    Congrats on your win Stacey…

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you! Congrats and Love your piece and other work as well! :)

  • artistman

    artistman

    Wow.. that was amazing. Good Job :)

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you!! :)

  • Michele Markley

    Michele Markley

    Congrats on the win. :-)

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you! I am still stunned! :)

  • 29Breizh33

    29Breizh33

    Beautifully said.

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you!

  • Jellybean720

    Jellybean720

    Congrats!!!! Very well said.. a GREAT Poem.. Wonderful work :))

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Oh Thank you soo much!! :)

  • Sally Omar

    Sally Omar

    Beautiful!!!!!!!!

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you!! That means a lot! :)

  • Irene Walters

    Irene Walters

    Nice work! Irene

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you soo Irene!

  • Faizan Qureshi

    Faizan QureshiAll Rounder

    Congratulations Stacey. Very very well deserved!!

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you very very much!! :) :)

  • BlumeBauer

    BlumeBauer

    Congratulations Stacey, beautiful work!! :)

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you very much! I am still in shock! :)

  • Dorothy Venter

    Dorothy Venter

    Lovely, poignant and full of hope. Congrats!

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you so much and for seeing the hope I thank you especially! :)

  • robmac

    robmac

    well deserved congratulations

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you!!

  • Christopher Warren

    Christopher Wa...

    Beautiful, touching, poignant – Stacey, you will always be a dancer in your soul

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Oh thank you for your wonderful words and for seeing and saying that I will always be a dancer in my soul that really meant so much to me! Thank you!!!

  • Trupti

    Trupti

    Congratulations Di! :D

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you behen!!! HUG!

  • C J Lewis

    C J Lewis

    Lovely writing…congratulations on your challenge win :)

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you very much!! :)

  • Cherubtree

    Cherubtree

    Lovely words…something we can all relate to as the years go by…:-)

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you very much :)

  • lacitrouille

    lacitrouille

    Poignant and so well told. :)

  • Stacey Yount replied

    Thank you soo very much! :)

  • Randy Witte

    Randy Witte

    You are your art again, just in a changed form like the caterpillar metamorphizes unto your butterfly.. In this and all your works your inner grace has come bursting through.

  • Stacey Yount replied

    You have made my day! Thank you so so so much for your amazing words!

  • MissAlexis

    MissAlexis

    I love this. I know how you feel, although for me it comes when I cannot write, for months and months, I feel like I’ve lost my touch, and then one day, suddenly, the words come again and the world is back in the rotation it should be in. Don’t worry, for as much as you love it, it will come back to you, regardless of how long you wait. It always comes back.

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