Dancer

        You massage the universe’s spine
        the way you twirl through time
        and leave shadows on the sun.
                                        –Saul Williams

You are love and light and brightness.
Endless and serene, you move
through the perfect aura
of your timeless self.

You are grace and mystery uncaptured,
breathtaking dancer on the stars,
bringing another brilliance
to the startled moon.

        There is none like thee
        among the dancers.
                                        –Ezra Pound 

Christopher M. Swan 2009
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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