☆°▪︎ A DANCING DREAM (NEARLY WITHIN REACH) ▪︎°☆

Did

.

y

o

u

.

dance ?

.

.

.

Did

.

y

o

u

.

dance

inside

.

a

.

dream ?

.

.

.

Did

.

y

o

u

.

dance

inside

.

a

.

dream

.

o

f

.

some

flashy,

flaunting

b

u

t

fleeting

feeling . . .

.

.

.

o

f

where

.

y

o

u

.

might

rather

be ?

.

.

.

o

r

of

some

guilty

sweet

.

b

u

t

.

sexy

scene,

where

.

y

o

u

.

could

.

b

e

.

so

free ?

.

.

.

 ~ well,

“not me”

.

y

o

u

.

tease . . .

.

.

.

f

o

r

it’s

only

.

s

o

m

e

.

silly

fantasy . . .

.

.

.

 ~ it’s

only

.

s

o

m

e

.

seed

.

o

f

.

ecstasy,

this

dream . . .

.

.

.

It’s

only . . .

.

.

.

It’s

only . . .

.

.

.

It’s

only . . .

.

.

.

s

o

m

e

moving

memory . . .

.

.

.

 ~ some

.

.

moving

memory

.

o

f

.

how

things

.

m

i

g

h

t

.

have

been,

this

dream . . .

.

.

.

b

u

t

that’s

.

n

o

t

.

the

way . . .

.

.

.

 ~ no,

that’s

.

n

o

t

.

the

way

.

i

t

.

seems . . .

.

.

.

f

o

r

even

when

.

y

o

u

.

leave,

it’s

always

.

within

reach . . .

.

.

.

a

n

d

even

when

.

i

t

.

breathes

.

a

n

d

.

feeds,

.

.

y

o

u

.

.

cannot

.

s

a

y

.

a

.

thing . . .

.

.

.

~ you

cannot

.

s

a

y

.

a

.

thing . . .

.

.

.

 ~ no,

you

.

c

a

n

.

never

.

s

a

y

.

a

.

thing . . .

.

.

.

when

.

y

o

u

.

dance

inside

.

a

.

dream . . .

.

.

.

especially,

when

.

y

o

u

.

dance

inside

.

a

.

dream . . .

.

.

.

w

i

t

h

me.

Reflection: This was a personal struggle-themed poem I wrote back in July of 2020 where the affected party cannot escape an addiction or compulsion of some kind – because it is always in the back of his/her mind: taunting, teasing, and haunting. I played the wonderful gem of a song “Particle” by Hundred Waters in the background to create the “moodset” for the poem. If you listen to the song at low volume while reading this poem, you might better get the “feel” of it.