Setting the Stage
20.10.2007 at 12:49 p.m.

In a busy, noisy world, a little girl walks onto a dark stage and begins to perform. She wears her pink princess costume with pride.

"Will you love me?" her actions ask. "Will you hold me; will you keep me close to your heart forever?

The pain in her eyes scream at you. And with graceful pirouettes across the stage, she beckons you to choose her, to set her apart from the other performers, and to call her beloved. She has wounds buried so deeply beneath her costume that she has almost forgotten they are there. But the laughter of her audience echoes through her mind as she thinks of all of the times she has tried and failed. all she has ever wanted is acceptance, but she has never found it - at least not for long.

"The Divine Dance" by Shannon Kubiak