#non-bey

There was a time when your feet looked normal. You do not remember it.

You have heard this waltz many times. It must be on repeat. When you check the computer, you realize that it has not been played once this practice.

The endless void of the shoe cubby accepts bobby pins, hair ties, and socks as sacrifices. You always buy an extra pack of hair ties when shopping to appease it. You have too many hair ties.

There are rhinestones everywhere--in your pockets, lying in the lining of your bag, embedded in the soles of your shoes, glittering on the dance floor. They can be found everywhere except on your dress. 

Finding fake tan smeared over all of your clothes is a fact of life. There is no such thing as a “white” costume.

“It’s not that you don’t have the capacity to do [a figure] correctly, it’s that you don’t have all the knowledge you need yet.”