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Thursday, July 16, 2015

The wonder of Wanda

Wanda, I wonder how
Did your tears learn to flow,
Did your strenght learn to grow,
Did your heart learn to bow,
How?

Wanda, I wonder where
Did your poems strip bare,
Did your fate turn unfair,
Did your song fade to stare,
Where?

Wanda, I wonder why
Did your feet soles run dry,
Did your hands curse the sky,
Did your eyes see the lie,
Why?

Wanda, I wonder when
Will you sing Grace again,
Will you dance for sinnermen,
Will you love with your pen,
When?

Friday, July 10, 2015

Just Alchemy

Dance to the wind when wings in the air,
Dance for the skinned, the wingless, the bare,
Dance off your feathers, your shape and your crown,
Dance with forgiveness and never look down.

(just) Float.

Dance to the fire when feathers are shed,
Dance for the sparkless, the moist and the dead,
Dance off your ashes, your mind and your past,
Dance with the phoenix, reborn at last.

(just) Burn.

Dance to the earth when ashes are buried,
Dance for the homeless, the weak and the hurried,
Dance off your senses, your battles, your bones,
Dance with the wild one who lives in the stones.

(just) Dig.

Dance to the water when stones are weathered,
Dance for the thirsty, the dry and the tethered,
Dance off your anger, your fear and your pain,
Dance with the grace that makes you humane.

(just) Flow.

Dance to your heart when all else is tasted,
Dance for the loveless, the lonely, the wasted,
Dance off the fire, the winds, seas and dirt,
Dance with me my lovely, I'll hold your hurt.

(just) Trust.

*for Maureen, dancer and alchemist of opposites