WHEN I AM DANCING
When I am dancing
I see the faces of people I’ve loved
Feel them close by
The ones who betrayed me
The ones I lost when our paths parted
The ones on the other side
Who visit me in dreams.
As I dance, you are with me
You and you and you
My bones lose their gravity
They’re smooth as pearl,
As full of light
Dancing, I remember
The love story of being;
The tip of the stamen,
The tender whorl of the petal.
Immortal unswerving liquefied shimmering
Sunflower
Starlight
Dance.
(Dedicated to the music of Van Morrison, whose music helps me clean the kitchen late at night. My favorites: Brown Eyed Girl, Crazy Love, Domino, Wild Night, Jackie Wilson Said, Moondance. Picture is of me and my friend Beanie Odell, a fellow Irish fiddle woman, rocking out to reels and jigs.)