“We Deserve to Dream” (dance inspiration)


Amazing work shared by dear Michele.

Michele Lee's avatarmy inspired life

Sometimes writers

must save

themselves
from thinking
it over and under

and every other way
their mind can bend.
A story with no end.

Always playing

a game of mental ping-pong –

bounce smack, bounce smack.
The game goes on.
They play this game
with thoughts and emotions
all translated from

their place of origin

by using words:

understood

misunderstood
misconstrued
overused
censored
loaded

rhythmic
…….

Words can lead to a great awakening
and sometimes they can trap

a mind
that churns words.

When the words

become too much,
(or not enough),
writers must express

themselves in other

ways,
in a world
that is becoming

too much
to think
about.
………………
I thought

dancing did this
for me,
but I realize,
as I write

these words –

part of

the allure

of dancing
is my connection
to sung words,
consumed
then translated

into emotions and movement.

And so…

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