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I dance

The long lines of rice,
the carefully banked and flooded fields
edged with leafy umbrellas of cassava and papaya
and trellised rows calling vegetables up from the ground.
Bent workers wading through muddy waters
below mountains that appear out of murky skies
and shield their sharp summits in downy billows.
All past the patchwork towns,
the shiny green-walled cupolas,
the rainbow red roof tiles,
all through the sun’s stretching arms,
the music plays
and I dance.
I dance.
I dance.

The Dance

A silent game
played out with the words
of action and movement,
occasionally,
the asking,
or the courtesy of names.

Quieting the mind
enough to hear with the skin.
Can I interpret movement
through only the barest touch
of hand and arm?

or to lean
cheek to cheek,
and hip to hip,
eyes closed,
swallowed up in the
sway of rhythm
between us.

to give up autonomy,
to the trust of
connection
and follow
the translation of music
as your body
tells it
to mine.

from the heart (2006)

so many thoughts
so many feelings
right now
everything’s hanging on an edge
beyond reach or control
I can’t command another’s heart
but would I even if I could>?>
I can only do what I am doing
and be who I am
how can that ever be enough?!?
and yet how could it not?
(I miss you!)
somewhere in between the flair of the wrist
the connect between foot and ground
the spin
hearts beating
joy comes unbidden
flowing
out and down
and around
song through movement
liquid on the air
(how can you not dance when its just so. much. FUN!!!)
and so easy
so much easier than you think
deeper
with a deepness that defies touch
to open
from the heart