only dance

" Only dance,

and your illusions will blow .... in the wind ....

Dance, and make joyous the love .... around you ....

Dance, and your veils which hide the light .... Shall swirl

in a heap .... at your feet. "

                                                          RUMI

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the day is gray

and white

the clouds glower

but the snow falls bringing unique beauty

it is an in-between day

not quite sad

but not one to life your heart either

I am settling into this day

Recognizing that I too am in-between

There is a richness to life

And yet an emptiness too

white and gray

there is the good news to share

and there is news that hammers at the soul

about injustice, and greed, and falsehood

there are people to work, and sing, and play with

and yet a sense of being, at a profound level

disconnected,

alone

no, I am not depressed

more reflective

somewhere in between

feeling at peace with my life, and with myself

and deep discontent

just know dear ones

that you, as you wander in an out of my life

as you like me, or despise me

as you are enriched by me, or hurt by me

as I attend to you, or seem to think only of myself

As I share my opinion,

kindly or aggressively

that you are what this life is all about

it not all about me

I can never say, “the one that matters is me. I'm the only one that matters”

Because I know that I need others

I want you, and need all of you in my life

I may not know what to do with you

But I need to know you are there

I have decided that it is time to dance

To dance along the dirt pathways in the snow

or rain, as the case may be

finding myself in the dance

finding the sacred in the snow and mud

in the trees

and in the antics of happy dog

and I will remember that you are out there

hopefully dancing

too