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tonight I will dance
Contributed by
True
on
Sunday, 13th August 2006 @ 09:35:37 PM in AEST
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I feel like dancing
watch my body sway
to the beat of the music
watch me as I dance
the lights glinting off my golden hair
and catching in my deep blue eyes
reflecting the twinkle
as I live for the moment
feel my heart beat
feel it pulse in time
with the rhythm of my soul
see the movement
as the muscles move
a smooth grace
that keeps me going
tomorrow I will be tired
tomorrow I will return to reality
and to mondays
and angry bosses
tomorrow I will return
from my fairy tale
but tonight I will dance
tonight I will release my soul
and let it soar
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True
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Re: tonight I will dance
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by Former_Member on
Sunday, 13th August 2006 @ 10:04:19 PM AEST
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I was working in a nursing home (not the best audience or venue for cowboy poetry for they nod off in sleep, medication or have to be dashed out of room in the middle of performance for "needs" or "fits") and connected with this youthful looking 88 year old man who displayed a confidence I later found out was from his background as a rather important buinessman and mover 'n' shaker in his home town. And he charmed and danced with the ladies. Oh such a charmer of all. I asked him how he danced so magnificently without music. He told me, "I dance to the rhythm of my soul." Honest to God, that's what he said. This was a magnificent and beautiful write of your dancing to your soul. May I have this dance?
wabl
KenMoore
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Re: tonight I will dance
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by Silent-No-More on
Sunday, 13th August 2006 @ 10:30:52 PM AEST
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Ahhhhh... to dance, to soar, to achieve enlightenment!
Like Ken, this piece returned me to a previous moment (or rather, moments). Firstly, it reminded me of having read this, excerpted from Federico Garcia Lorca's The Duende: Theory and Divertissement:
"Naturally, when flight is achieved, all feel its effects: the initiate coming to see at last how style triumphs over inferior matter, and the unenlightened, through the I-don't-know-what of an authentic emotion. Some years ago, in a dancing contest at Jerez de la Frontera, an old lady of eighty, competing against beautiful women and young girls with waists as supple as water, carried off the prize merely by the act of raising her arms, throwing back her head, and stamping the little platform with a blow of her feet; but in the conclave of muses and angels foregathered there - beauties of form and beauties of smile - the dying duende triumphed as it had to, trailing the rusted knife blades of its wings along the ground."
It matters not one's age or circumstance or place or any-other-thing, when their spirit is set free. I believe fully that we are not meant to be contained, though unfortunately we often allow ourselves to be (as you so aptly point out, it tends to happen with great regularity on Monday mornings, for example). We should, as you suggest, dance when the inspiration to do so presents itself (and I intend dancing there in both the literal and figurative sense).
This, then, I see as a glorious tribute to self expression and freedom. Wonderfully done!
~Snem
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Re: tonight I will dance
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by doug on
Sunday, 13th August 2006 @ 11:15:54 PM AEST
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This is beautiful. I can tell that I'm not the
only one who thinks so. I believe you've hit
on something deep within the hearts of
most people. I believe that thing is a deep
desire to feel truly free if only for a moment.
Hats off and applause , you deserve it.
Truly , your friend , Doug. |
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Re: tonight I will dance
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by Recyclebin on
Monday, 14th August 2006 @ 12:07:56 AM AEST
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Very nice piece.
Its truely rhythm caught in motion. :)
Nice Job! |
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Re: tonight I will dance
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by Vampirequeen on
Monday, 14th August 2006 @ 12:35:08 AM AEST
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Yes that sounds like fun
I can understand what your saying lol.
good write |
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Re: tonight I will dance
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by jerseysue on
Monday, 14th August 2006 @ 01:33:59 PM AEST
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| This is good. I love dancing myself, when I am dancing , I forget all the sadness and strife. You have written this so well. You can visualise, well I for one can, its me when I go out. Thanks for sharing. Sue x |
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Re: tonight I will dance
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by kellycat on
Monday, 14th August 2006 @ 07:03:22 PM AEST
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| i think this poem is really good....keep it up! |
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Re: tonight I will dance
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by lord_sogi on
Thursday, 17th August 2006 @ 01:41:49 PM AEST
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| I thought it was awesome. Lol I am not a person who dances soooooo can't connect fully on that level, but I connected in a different way. We all have things that our soul aspires to and we listen to it and enjoy it in that moment and forget about everything else, and although we will one day have to return to our regular life, and those evil Monday's, our souls will always hold on to those days that we simply danced, and let our spirits soar. A wonderful poem! |
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