Dance
ahead of explosions
that threaten to burst from your soul into your soles.

Dance
for your elders, mother, father, brothers, sisters, friends,
for those before,
those here now,
those yet to come.

Dance
with grace that makes the eagle envious,
playfulness that makes the otter serious,
more strength than a bear,
deeper courage than the badger.

Never let someone to say
"you cannot dance"
no one can
claim, usurp, conquer
your affair
with beats of beasts.

Dance
in today,
the movement of yesterday is ghost,
the motions of tomorrow are shadow.

Dance
beyond explosions that threaten to burst
your soul and soles.
~
NM
5/25/17