Dance

You dance

 by me

 inhaling each breath

A living thing

movements almost dreamlike

your energy awakening

A focus  within

concentrated warmth

my guardian of shadows

Spirit of dance

into your haven escort me

in song and sorrow

For in you

 I am transformed

released

realized

Whole at last

(In memory of a young friend who was finding her way in the world as only the innocent can)

Dance sweet one whom I admire,

envy, love

As you move I watch your arms flow outward

Enveloping a world of femininity

Reaching out and quickening in delight

Towards a horizon neither of us

Knows.

Oh!  Dance!

Am I to watch your grace and not feel?

Am I to sit and let your fragrance impel me?

Shall I keep my heartbeat to myself

Or let my blood flow out in boldness to you

My friend, I know you

I smell your body and your hair

Familiar with your touch and the feel of

Your skin alive in the gentle glow of bedside light

Almost ready for a real love

For now experimenting with girl-woman delight

Delectable you are in flowing gown

Dancing and flowing still

Like the very blood of my veins

And of my soul.

                 Oh, my love, Dance!        

(these are her words edited by me)