For My Favourite Dancer

All things must end Be they fear or fire or pain Or a soft, hot sweet dream Like rekindling youth while dancing in summer rain Or like bonding blissfully With nimble-footed friends Or finding you to dance with In wild abandon instead All things must end Even the crippled tears of eyes that say goodbye Every confused fear of change that trembles inside Even the simple smiles And the happy sighs of fun well had Will end sometime But gratitude is like a deep breath It fills me up and puts my mind at rest And for you gratitude raises high my chest Like a crest of all things blessed Like a happy necklace, it makes memories Full of laughter and gaiety That I can hold hearteningly to my soul And hang around my neck To bring warmth when it gets cold So thank you for your gifts Your ready laugh and smooth hips But especially for being my friend For sharing your company with me until the end And before I impart my final farewells and kiss your hand I would ask that to me forgiveness you would grant For any offence I have caused you in action or wordy rant Or by negligence in taking a passive stance When I ought to have paid more attention And left less to chance Please pardon a young lung who with you was pleased to dance