A spiral of light, like music to my eyes I spun out into the golden grass The stars shining brightly above me Only seconds ago the vortex that seemed to knock me down I heard a laugh, but no one was there Maybe it was the stars The moon was too kind to laugh My silver feet began to work again Daring the stars to tip me twice The dampened earth beneath my twirling soles A cushion when the dare was done I laid there then, but Only long enough to find Pegasus Until I heard the muffled steps and swishing grass As others wandered from the trees Their candles sad mirrors Of the vortex in the sky One by one they challenged the stars That tucked them all in to a bed of laughter and golden grass I watched as they disappeared beneath the waving fronds Until I could feel the hands of the stars readying the finale Pulling me into a spiral of sweat and lazy zephyrs They too knew that this was the last dance But still I whispered up to their shining choir Daring them to stop time. Their hands were on their pocket watches Pulling out the gears A wish so close to granting you could hear the crickets pause Yet soon they stirred The spiral pushed, but laughter pushed it back No longer harmonizing to their melodic lights I fell again This time over a root My silver feet tarnished to grey And lost their shine walking back through the woods