Monday, November 11, 2013

Danse

Won't you come dance with me?
Come dance with me
Before the darkening sky
Comes down upon us
And films our eyes
Roll with us
And dance the dance
Shaken like rag dolls
Hush, hush, hush
Stunned in the sudden silence
Another day, another blunder
No time to reflect
Bodies torn asunder
A loud ringing in our ears
Our fingers feel wet
And we can’t believe our eyes
This cannot be happening
We all fall down
See the bright red flowers
They blossom in the spring
The rain does help them to grow
It spreads them all around
In amongst the mud and the holes
Come and dance with us
See our arms flail
Watch us spin, and see us tumble
Now we drop here, all in a clump
Come dance with us, come and be our friends
We lay here all together, all equals in the end
All is vanity
All is for nothing
All is for God, King and Country—
Yours and mine
Hear the music, and hear us wail
Hear us cry, as our courage fails…
The music sings as the sky slowly dims
The darkness comforts and the truth confronts us
As all of eternity, is revealed to our never-ending gaze
And the ever-loving rain washes clean our youthful face.

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