THE CIRCLE IS STILL UNBROKEN

Slow as some days are, the nights can be stranger
Like the space between the seconds gets longer somehow.
When the stars cease to sing
And the moon’s hangin’ silent
It’s hard to see past any passing of now.
And it’s all just a song for the dance.

Somebody else better look to the tiller,
I really do think I could do with some rest.
Give me a moment away from responses-
When you run out of fumes, you can’t do your best.
And it’s all just a song for the dance.

When darkness came down like a hand of deception,
Foreshadow of portents still too dim to read.
You were caught in the storm if you hadn’t found shelter,
And night is to sleep as dreams are to need
And it’s all just a song for the dance.

Voices in silence and shouting in apathy…
When the tough get going, the going gets tough.
What were you expecting? A path strewn with flowers?
It’ll take more than hours to make me cry “Hold! Enough!”
And it’s all just a song for the dance.

Isn’t it strange how so very few wonder?
And isn’t it odd how so many forget?
It seems just yesterday we were heirs to forever-
I don’t see how forever can be over yet.
And it’s all just a song for the dance.

Somebody ought to go open a window.
Somebody maybe could turn up the heat.
Someone ought to ask when it was we surrendered,
Or did we just quit ‘cause they said we were beat on TV.
…..just a song, for the dance.

Hold fast to sleep. Don’t rush to the waking.
Don’t end it too soon, for the dream isn’t done.
Don’t throw it away when there’s more for the taking.
Don’t call it the dawn until you see the sun.
And it’s all just a song for the dance.

A song for the day. A dance for the morning.
A poem for the evening. A riddle for night.
I bring you a word that is shadowed with warning,
But all that I see hangs between Dark and Light.
And it’s all just a song for the dance.

Call down the wonderbolts! Summon enlightenings!
And stomp on the Terror with all of your feet.
Do not go gentle, nor numbed to complacency,
And let your mind dance if your heart feels the beat
And it’s all just a song for the dance.

And we’ll dance
For the song
Never ends.