DANCE LIKE NO-ONE IS WATCHING

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,

Love like you'll never be hurt,

Sing like there's nobody listening,

And live like it's heaven on earth.”

 

― William W. Purkey

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbJruWd6bmU

I HOPE YOU DANCE – RONAN KEATING

 

DANCE

 

In dreams I walked; dazed by events

and blinded to the truthful present

blind-sighted; blinkered by the ensuing darkness

I clung to life like a life-buoy being dragged out to sea

the horizon looked so far away

no land in sight to fill my heart with hope and gaiety

but the further I drifted;

the more the sand beneath the ocean shifted

and a fault inside the Earth cracked wider and pulled me down

I was drowning deeply; water rising

my face upturned to see blue skies

last conscious thought was of the clouds descending

as they lifted me I felt my hopes rise

and consciousness broke gently

as the gentle tide lapped on the shore

I felt so light and free of pain

I began to doubt that I existed anymore

and now I feel the sand between my twitching toes

the salt air invades my pink and shiny nose

the gentle rainfall on my wind-whipped cheeks

I dance on tip-toes; writing poetry with my feet

splashing through the deepening puddles

fulfilling dreams; deconstructing puzzles

I feel alive; I have survived

a miracle set me free

no longer need to wonder now

or wander aimlessly

twirling; swirling; spun by the wind

my body is at one with nature; it will not rescind

I will not let it; I am a fighter; I found my light

and the dark and dreaded “tunnel” is now far from my sight

I need not let my history repeat itself in perpetuity

I can break it down and recreate my newly chosen destiny

 

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