Struggle

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"Take me to Church" by Hozier

Dance by Sergei Polunin, dancing his own enormous struggle.This poem is not about myself, but about Sergei Polunin. The dance in the video was his goodbye to the world of ballet. Lucky for us he is slowly returning! He met his girlfriend, the equally famous and talented Osipova and that has changed everything for him.

They want me to dance Always dance, never anything else Dance Always dance, their hopeful eyes following my every move Dance But my music is mine My moves are mine Alone Mine alone I used to dance for myself They saw me, wanted me to Wanted me, all of me, devour me, Dance Dance The world used to be mine My world was of colour and moving Moving colour, music and me Dance When I became their obsession Possession Objectify, Hunger, straitjacket I lost it Dance I lost my dance I lost myself Became a blur, bore Forgot worlds of wonder Worlds of endless joy I want no more, no more I am of no one but me If I dance If I dance It will be for me, for me alone Alone Of no one But me Dance

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Jan Allison

Date: 9/19/2016 1:24:00 PM

I watched the video Darren - one word - WOW! I found your lines sad my friend - but you can still dance with your words in your poems:-) hugs jan xx

Darren White
Date: 9/19/2016 2:48:00 PM

I love to dance with words in poems, nice image :) Thanks Jan! HUGS