Dance

Dance of choice begun,

Swirling and whirling and twirling about.

Freedom, following around the floor, 

No cares, caressed in pleasure spree.

Bands playing on, dance fantastic,

Rhythms sing home thrills

Together together now and for ever

Sound drives endeavour.

We dance on shoulders of others

Those who have created tunes,

Going further, careening, cascading, contorting,

Searching for fictions to grasp.

Musical mantra for more more more

Growth chasing dreams, expectations, desires

Unencumbered, writhing floor spins

Out of control, ending uncertain.

Discord, broken rhythms collapse,

What was right is now wrong,

But our twisted feet carry on

Trying to regain composure.

A musical hole appears

Waist deep, soon deeper,

Shortfall, pitfall, pitiful,

Climbing out, struggling, hands tied behind.

Music replaced with science

On shoulders broad and strong.

Hands untied, rhythm regained

New choices present, data.

Music of life in precarious balance,

Relying on others, make it right, 

Anxiety, risk, a way forward found,

How very wrong we have been.

Dance unfolds, new moves tried,

Factions, flirtations, fantasy,

Dancing on a knife, fence,

Cleavage splits, uncertain, stalled.

Now a two-step, forward, backward,

Sideways, outside a box,

Moving in unison on the floor

Musical integrity, humility, restored.

©️Steven Tubb, Jan 2022.