Dancing Alone

Dancing Alone

We cannot share the moment.
we can only stand apart alone
at the edge of the dance floor,
watching each illusion of togetherness

as each dances alone, lost in a world
they create complete around themselves.
Every other dancer becomes a cipher
for all those dreams of discovery

and of something growing from this tune
and these strobing moments, into a lifetime
of new beginnings and the illusions
of romance that will never die
for as long as this song is playing.