To Dance

You gotta keep going, no matter what happens to you. To do otherwise is a kind of death.

I danced on a cloud

while I sang to the sun

I was full, and whole, and loud

finding, winning the one.

I danced on the ground 

while I sang to the sky

When I lost what I'd found

she left. I wondered why.

The chance that I took

left hanging on a hook,

like a used winter coat

or the words that I've wrote.

I'll dance in the morning

and I'll sing all alone.

I'll laugh 'til it's hurting

and the tears make me moan.

I'll dance in the evening

until my legs give out.

I'll sing while I'm grieving

my heart lost in doubt.

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Reviews

[Jack...]

Kind of sad, brought the Sting song, "They dance alone" to mind. Very cool Mark.

[Mark]

Thanks a lot Jack, I don't remember that song but will look it up on Youtube.

[Renée]

thats my motto... cry till i laugh...laugh till i cry...Very Nice Work Mr. Mark !

[s y e]

this is amazing, Mark - I love your style of writing, your wording and imagery are always out standing. Loved the rhyme, smart and amazing write, keep it up son!

~ Noodle.

[Mark]

Thanks NoodleMom! :)

[Trevor Jay Bloodworth]

I like how you changed up the rhyme scheme in the 3rd quatrain. Interesting. I didn't catch it at first, but once I did, I liked it.

[Mark]

thanks for reading. Not many people catch that 3rd stanza thing :)

[Holly Mason]

dance until you can dance no more and then dance again
the things we go through only teaches us new dance steps...wonder what the guy went through who thought of the Samba...just a thought
life a dance with new forever steps to learn
thank you for sharing fine sir

[Mark]

Thanks for reading Holly.

[ANTO]

To choose not to die is to live.
I liked the understated resistance in this work Mark.

[Mark]

Some real good real-life moments of a moment, recognizable for many, written by you so touching and loveble. You did this amazing. It's written to dance on, so good in speaking out loud terms... ;-) thanks for sharing my friend.

- Elisa

[Mark]

Thanks for your thoughtful review. :)

Anytime Mark :)

[Vikrantsingh]

Wow dancing and singing well Mark this one is really amazing write :)
Enjoyed it ;)

Well done :)
Singh :)

[Mark]

Thank you Singh! :)

[Vikrantsingh]

Welcome :)

[emmajoy]

Nice stanza, could dance to its metre, no trouble at all: - ' ..I'll dance in the morning ~ and I'll sing all alone. ~ I'll laugh 'til it's hurting ~ and the tears make me moan. ' The way that moves is amazingly melodic, almost as if you're coming to terms with the sadness. Words somehow help to exorcise the bad bits in life.. so hope your words set out before you, helped heal.

[Mark]

Yes, it would be a sad thing not to heal right? An american writer, Sherwood Anderson wrote about people like that in a collection of short stories called 'Winesburg Ohio" the stories were about people who didn't heal, and became grotesque.

Life is joy, life is painful but always, it beats the alternative! :)

[Friday]

Nice wording, sad theme. I agree with Rogue (below); very poignant write although a brief one.

[Mark]

Thanks for reading and commenting! :)