I Saw You Dance
I saw you dance.
I saw you, tilting your gracious body rightly
To every direction given by the beat.
I saw you, twisting your gentle body in step
With every instruction from the reign of the song.
I saw you, wiggling your soft waist,
Circling it to send wind to wipe my sweat of
surprises.
I saw you, whining against the watching wind
Like a yam stem around the stake.
I saw you dance.
I witnessed your steps, rooted deeply in the heart
of the music,
And still here in my heart, I feel them.
I heard your voice, sonorous like Angel's,
And still here in me, there's a whirlwind of
ecstasy
From its wondrous work.
I saw you dance
I beheld your magical style.
Then, I resigned there are more to your beauty
than what you've fed me with.
Copyright © Ijalana Afolabi | Year Posted 2017
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