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watch me!

oh, watch me dance!
  al these months I have waited
    twisting in the wind with the others
      clasping tight
        doing my work

helping to feed The One
  creating sustenance to give
    from the air and rain and sunlight
      how diligent I have been!
        my ribs strengthening

veins surging
  with their life-giving fluid
    singing with the other Little Ones
      when the breeze tickled us
        yes, I've waited

the wait (and work) has been blithe
  but, oh, so much MORE joyous
    is The Dance!
      the work is complete
        the One is fed for the winter

the way made for those that come after
  now is Autumn
    now we dance, joy!
      now we dance and die!
        oh, do not fear for me, I am bliss!

the dance is everything!
  the dance is our end, yes
    but oh, such a sublime end it IS!
      to bounce and float and drift!
        to spin and dive and soar, resplendent!

to show my bright colors to the earth and sky!
  is there any farewell more wonderful?
    is there any requiem as exquisite?
      just ONE dance
        but, oh, how divine it is!

no other dance is like mine - none!
  none of my kind will drift as I do ...
    we each have our own time
      we each have our own sway
        each of us, a grand danse de la mort!

and it is perfection!
  oh, to inhabit the wind with such color!
    to dance such a death, divine ...
     such a wondrous celebration
        of the new life to come ...

with Springtide!






* SECOND PLACE in the "Autumn Colors" Poetry Contest, Nayda Ivette Negron, Sponsor. *

* FOURTH PLACE in the "Blowing In the Wind Poetry Contest", Nicola Byrne, Sponsor & Judge. *

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