Dancer

I saw
the tears in your eyes
I heard
the waver in your voice
I felt
the tremble in your hands
I saw
the hurt on your face
and it made me ache too.

all I wanted to do was
wipe away your tears
tell you "everything will be all right"
shake your shoulders
tell you it's only make-believe
tell you it's only pretend
but I couldn't.

I hope and pray
that you will never
have to go through that for real.
I hope you will dance your way
through your whole life
on lithe limbs and able body.
I hope you will dance forever.

-A while ago, we did a dramatic improv in theater. My partner was a dancer, and for the story, she was my dancer daughter who just lost the use of her legs in a car accident, and the accident hadn't even been her fault. In the improv, she actually started to cry. It made me hurt for her. I couldn't even imagine the pain she was feelnig to even imagine such a thing.-

<3 - brittany