This Dance

This Dance

Is not about Me
And not about You
It's about We
It's about Two
And the moment
When two
Become one.

It's not about steps
That someone once taught us
Or some clever sequence
We recall from a show
It's about the discovery
Of movements within us
The sure and the awkward
The dull and the fine
The stumbles, the bumps,
The humble attempts
We take
As frustration ascends toward elation.

It's the limits we push
As we polish our posture
Refine our best walk
And add new confidence.
The milestones we pass
The joys we acknowledge
The secrets we learn
As we blossom and grow
And stand open
Face to face
And uncover
The insights we can know
ONLY
When we explore them
Together.

The dance lives in music,
The old orchestras
And brilliant composers
Of a lost Golden Age,
Whose songs and melodies
Reach out so sweetly
Across chasms of time
Borne in the grooves
Of ancient recordings
Now
So cleverly disguised
And digitized
Into compact collections
That fit neatly, completely
In our smallest of pockets.
TODAY
From devices
That the artists
Could never have dreamt of,
The sound and the magic
Of heavenly music
Rise up once again
And surround us with feeling
And rhythm and singing
So tender, familiar,
And inspiring.

Yet, it's not about music
Or the ones who once made it
As much as we honor
Their skills and their talent
And celebrate the works
They refined and created
When no sacrifice was too dear
For their music
Sounds
So clear now
Here
Hear
For our enjoyment
So many decades hence
The lilting sad tandas
Of three minute songs
That we all recognize
After hundreds of times
On the dance floor.
Yes
This dance
It transcends
Even the wonder of music.

This dance
THIS dance
Right now and right here
This dance with YOU
In a warm human moment
That will soon disappear
Is about LIFE
Your life and mine
Shared
Intermingled
Precious and pure
A coming together
As we rise to the floor
In the wondrous embrace
Of trust and transparency
Honesty
Passion
Vulnerability
Immersion
And humility
Clarity, sincerity
Serenity
And the awesome experience
Of deepest Acceptance
Where no secret is shielded
And no nuance obscured
No flaw unacknowledged
No purpose unsure
Welcome
Into the arms
Of the tango!

Here we are
In THIS dance
In THIS place
In THIS brief moment
A quick, fleeting instant
In the arc of all time
But it's OURS
Solely ours
It's yours and it's mine
And as we respond
With care and conviction
We'll suspend
And make it last
As if there's no knowledge
Of a tomorrow.
Will we savor this time
And live in each second?
Will we share one small space
And honor each other
However we are
Skilled or Beginner?
Will we dance?
And be kind and mindful
Of all of the gifts and the joys
That this moment can bring?
Will we dance
And be
Presently and openly and gloriously and miraculously ALIVE
ALIVE
Alive in one moment together
Together?
TOGETHER -
For that is what the dance is.

Here we are
In the soft melting minutes
Before the old music
Fades and concludes
And our unique moment passes
And slips far away
Will we dance
THIS dance
As though we mean it?

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