This little dance
we all perform each day,
sometimes light-footed
and joyful
other times stumbling,
(unfamiliar with
that particular rhythm or beat),
This dance, it seems to me,
is not really a dance at all.

If we are honest,
these shuffling steps
or kicking up of heels,
(even shaking our *****
from time to time
if the mood is right)--
This dance of Life
is metaphor for
darkness and light,
yin and yang,
The constant struggle to ignore
Peggy Lee's old refrain,
"Is that all there is?"

Eileen Auger
2/28/2014