Are You Still Dancing?

Are you still dancing?

You were magnificent.

Newspapers echoed your triumph:

You danced with passion,

"con brio"!

The world stopped when you danced.

Then you took a lover.

And you became a mother.

Not so much dancing then.

Your lover looked for other dancers.

So much of the world isn't fair.

And now, now that you are on your own… are you still dancing?

Who will dance with you now?

Listen.

The music is starting.

Let us dance.



Re-post from FITK, January 18, 2011

Photo: Louise Brooks, circa 1925, by Alfred Cheney Johnston