Deep Breath Tango

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Fate walks across the room to me

Holds out their hand to say, Shall we?

I take their offer and am pulled near

Hand on my back with nothing to fear.

Palms together, our arms feel strong

But I’m worried my frame is all wrong

Fate smiles. “Just take one breath.

Stay right here. I’ll do the rest.”

Shift left. Shift right. Shift left. Shift right. 

We stand together, moving so slow

Shifting our weight, finding our flow

Looking for balance within the song

Two bodies breathing, begin to belong.

And then Fate moves. A subtle sign

I’m moving back as our steps align

A step to the side, a turn, an advance

I smile as Fate shows me the dance.

Shift left. Shift right. Shift left. Shift right.

 

If I learn more, perhaps I’ll persuade

Fate to keep dancing. Now I’m afraid.

I’m just a beginner in these tall shoes.

So I try even harder, until I’m confused.

Our rhythm is off. Fate stops moving.

“I’m sorry,” I say. But Fate is approving.

Fate smiles. “Just take one breath.

Stay right here. I’ll do the rest.”

Fate whispers…  Shift left. Shift right. Shift left. Shift right.

Breathe and feel the music’s tempo

Stay in the moment and let it all flow

Your body, your bones, feet and hands

Fate wants to dance, won’t hear demands.

I am so hungry to see and learn more

But the faster I dance, the slower I go

I wish I could learn to finally release

Then maybe this fear of age would cease.

Deep breath…. Shift left. Shift right. Shift left. Shift right

Fate has been simply waiting for me

Holds out their hand to say, shall we?

We stand together, moving so slow

Shifting our weight, finding our flow.

“Trust me,” Fate says, “Life is a dance.

“Take another breath. Give life a chance.

You know the steps, now follow my lead.

When you learn to follow, you will be freed.”

And then Fate moves. A subtle sign

I’m moving back as our steps align

A step to the side, a turn, an advance

I smile as Fate shows me the dance.