Let us dance so others can dance - spinning light out of darkness

[Gabrielle Dean]

Thoughts from an indigenous American elder of the Choctaw people, Steven Charleston  from his book ‘Spirit Wheel: Meditations from an Indigenous Elder

DANCING THROUGH THE DARK HOURS

Let us dance through these dark hours 

while others crouch down

seeking shelter from a worried world

Hiding in the shadows

Afraid to hope for tomorrow.

 

Let us give them a sign they can see

A message made of music and motion

Dancers spinning light out of darkness

A waltz in an air raid shelter

Unafraid unbounded, unleashed from this earth

Rising with every step a dance to lift the human soul.

 

Let us dance so others can dance

Dancers from every direction

Standing up  to join us 

Music filling the sky

A revolution of unrestrained joy.

 

An invitation to believe again

To be free again, dancing through the dark hours

As if dancing were all we were born to do.

Yesterday’s sunset, light and deep shadow