"Forgetting to Dance"
Endeavoring against herself and time
With one foot stepping toward tomorrow
And the other tracing the footsteps of the past
She sometimes misses out on dancing today
Chained by the expectations of others
She struggles with her inner heart
Along her path to the now
She has tripped over broken promises
And bloodied her knees
Scrapping them against the course reality of should have
beens
Perfection is sought
But the cruel joke is that it is forever changing
Just when she is close enough to jump and grab it
The world shifts
And so does her perspective
People around her become different
Her hands lay empty
Supposedly having just missed on what was expected
Needed
Wanted
She is left to try again
All the while her heart aching
Lost in a world
She wants so desperately to be a part of
She pushes forward for what she hopes comes next
Using the past as her foundation
Sometimes missing out on the present
And the chance to dance
While not caring who is watching
Robert Lloyd
1/19/2017
