.
I reached for you
dancing
Samba NGO . . . . out of the Congo
my feet flying
arms reaching and
the blend of the music
shaped me to reach up to you
Can't Stop Now
Eddie Shaw . . . Chicago
I was dancing like crazy
and you and the rest of the Universe
were in my moving bones
It felt so good
can't stop now
At the beginning I reached up for you
then at the end
Forbidden Forest first song
one of the quiet parts
I was twirling
arms up in a slow spin
and there you were
your face
and then your whole presence
floating down
all of you
went through me
something I knew
and I was dancing
Thank you
.
.
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© 2007 Bill Eberle
for my sister, Sue
who died on the night of the last full moon
of summer in 2007; this poem is something that actually happened one night when I was mourning
. . . and dancing
