Tight quick breaths

Quick stiff steps

Uphill in heels and my good purse

Steeling myself for another day

At the office

On your ice

Bruised and numb

Skating around missed deadlines

Smiling till my cheeks hurt

Arms flung wide open to an audience of jeers

Criticisms piled in the sidelines

Let me pirouette

A perfect spin of never good enough

No worries

See you on Monday

I’m used to balancing on blades