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The Dance Goes On

We're born dancing...

By Taylor NelsonPublished 7 years ago 1 min read
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We’re born dancing

To a soulful beat and melody.

Born foot tapping, hand clapping,

Fumbling and bumbling along to the rhythm

We stay dancing

As the moves get harder, and the song gets faster,

We go on boldly, eager to keep up with the other dancers

Flying from one foot to the next,

And then we miss a beat.

Just one wrong step the dance throws us to the ground,

But the music doesn’t stop, it moves on like we were never there

We climb back to our feet, struggling to get back in line,

To pick up the tune we lost if only for a second

By the time we’re back in sync

The dance is harder still

Everyone seems to know the steps, to know what's coming next.

We’re drowning, we can’t keep up.

Another misstep is a slap in the face

A forgotten measure equals a kick to the stomach

The dance is ruthless now, beating us mercilessly

We want it to stop, but who is the conductor?

Weaker and weaker, the dance continues its onslaught

Of blows to our face, to our limbs, and to our soul.

The other dancers have all but left us in the dust,

They cannot help, for fear the dance will turn on them.

Finally, the pain is done

The dancers are near to me, they gather all around

I see their faces, pictures of concern

And then I see nothing. My dance is now adjourned.

The dance is not sorry, to it we’ll soon be forgotten.

It has new foot tapping, hand clapping dancers to audition.

Who will let the children know to be wary of the dance?

Just look what it did, it led me to collapse.

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