Dance with me
When everyone has gone
When the musicians have wearied
And the pantomime’s faded
Dance with me then

Dance with me
To a remembered melody
In a stillness without silence
With a touch lacking virtue
Dance with me

Dance with me
Barefoot
On dew-kissed grass
No burdening glances
No judgments with their feet of clay

Dance with me
With a step so light
That we glide the water’s surface
Doing a better job of it than Jesus
Dance with me so

Dance with me
When all the words have dried up
When the next step heralds the abyss
When the next breath
Shall vanish memory
As swiftly as a fading cloud
Dance with me
When the moon is complete
Dance with me…
Dance with me now

(mish 2016)