Please forgive the dance,
but it is what I do –
one step forward,
then slide back,
shuffle and lose the rhythm
and start again.
Always reaching forward –
heart securely tucked in place –
but there is something embedded,
cellular – that invites the struggle
and so…I dance –
yesterday a warrior,
today the fool,
tomorrow only knows
multi-faceted,
roughly cut,
a gem
of an undefined hue,
I will always try again.
(Forgive the Dance first appeared on One Woman’s Quest II, September 2019. Image my own)
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