That we can still dance

I stood just outside the door

Where the air was cool

I stood, mask off, face hot

I saw my friend dancing 

Trying something new

I saw an elderly couple dancing

Even when the music stopped

I saw a mother dancing 

Spinning her daughter round and round

I saw everyone dancing

And my head was spinning

But I couldn't stop grinning

That we can still dance

Even when the day was lost

And we face impossible odds

We can still dance 

That I can still dance

Even when my breath betrays

And my hope has flown away

I can still dance

We started in a circle

It felt like figure dancing

And line dancing too

Step, step, clap, spin

Change of partners

Hello, it's nice to meet you

Like when we danced a jig

At the Starry Plough

Like the electric slide

In middle school 

A spinning, dancing line

Following me through time

That I can still dance

The world forever changed

My heart feeling this pain

But I can still dance

That we can still dance

Outside the freezing rain 

beats at the window panes

But we can still dance

 

 15.5.23  

Do not become a tourist

Do not become a tourist 

in your own life

Rushing from one attraction

to the next

Ticking off every destination

In the book

Be an explorer

Wander off the page

Be curious

get lost

Do not take pictures

Of the view

Flatten the landscape

Between the pages 

Of your book

You are not here

To make memories

 

Instead make mistakes

Make friends

Make a mess

Make the best of it

Make it up as you go

 

17.7.23