Dancer

I never told you

Of the second time I saw you.

I slowly stretched my neck

Around the rocks

To spy you dancing

A pas seul,

Blurs of motion

High to blue

Then falling

On the sands

Alone,

Alone

With me.

That night

You curved your hands

Around my shoulders,

Singing Springsteen in my ear,

"Baby, if you want to be wild,

You've got a lot to learn."

I held you tightly

As we burned the dance floor

In that bar

To the ground.

I don't believe

You see me here

Beside your bed.

Your breath

Was weak but steady

Over night.

I hummed a lullaby.

I kiss your hand,

Your forehead.

It is okay.

I will also learn a solo.

You can leap

Into the sky

Alone,

My ocean dancer.

- 9/30/25