Just One More Dance

Even though the dose Was much more Than anyone should take He took it freely Any without a second thought And he waited And waited Until suddenly All the pain he carried For so very long Was gone And the tears came forth As though someone had unlocked An ocean door For the first time In over twenty-five years He walked outside and danced And there was nothing That anyone could have done To stop this very old man From laughing as he danced Until the medication was spent And the pain returned While from that day Until the last day of his life He couldn’t stop telling everyone How wonderful it was To dance Just one more time