Mortalitié – tripping the light fantastic

“No art is possible without a dance with death.” – Ericka Ostrovsky

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”            -Alan Watts

“Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” – Satchel Paige

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Mortalitié – tripping the light fantastic

Every day of our lives

Each of us dances

Never are we alone

Biding time

Awaiting our dance –

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Ballet, tango, Line

Waltzing, flamenco, regardless

The melody may be fast

We may move slowly

Across the floor

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Down life’s corridors

Delusions of solitude

When things are darkest

Yet she is always there

Waiting her grand performance

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Death is always

With us, a partner

From our birth

Some will dance briefly

In its unshakeable embrace

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Nuchal cord – un, deux, trois

Accidents, illness, suicide

Her fluidity – a mask

Caché – she often takes

Partners by surprise

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That which doesn’t kill us

We are told – makes us

stronger, for some it does

Some take it – make of it

Conception d’art

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Dance each day

As if you were

Nijinsky, Taglioni,

Alvin Ailey

Each to your tune

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Remember – mon ami

With each dance, each step

Choreograph your life

Danse avec le coeur

Each step of your life

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Bisous,

Léa

For Joseph

“Let us read and let us dance –two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.”    –  Voltaire

“The dance: a minimum of explanation, a minimum of anecdotes, and a maximum of sensations.”    –  Maurice Béjart

“Dance is the poetic baring of the soul through motion.”   –  Scott Nilson

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For Joseph

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The young dancer

Leaps and spins

Spurning gravity

As he re-defines it

Proud pirouette

Etched in crystal

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Strong

Like the eye

Of a

Storm

Delicate

Like gold leaf

Clinging to the edge

Of a porcelain cup

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Bisous,

Léa