Dance

Dance

On my cloth cap

Squash it down

Hold me close

Connect me

To the ground

There is nothing under the sun

That cannot be free

Sit with me

Beneath a tree

Bring me a posy

Let me sing

A love song.

In treasured moments

We are humble

Sun blessed and tranquil

Breathe with me

The smell of autumn

Corn rolled in gold.

I am your harvest

Pull the leather

Bind us together

Wrap me in your love

We will build a temple

To this memory

And I will sing

A lullaby.

We say we don’t care

When we do

We say we don’t need love

When we do

No matter who or what

May come between us

In the making.

Women, men

Me or they

Whatever we might be

Give me a good heart

Mend my bones

With a golden thread

I like you more

When you care for me

I like me more

When I care for you

Take the plunge

Swim in your body

We are a snug fit

As warm

As the southern sea

As fresh as a mountain spring

I feel better for it

I feel better

For knowing you

How we might seem

When seen

Through the eyes of another

Who nurtures

With love

Not because they must

Whether it is me or they

Us or them

She or he

It makes no difference

To me

I am all the better

For loving you

And so much better

For being loved in return.