Guest Poet Week – Number 6
To celebrate this blogs 2nd anniversary, I am honouring other people’s work with a week of Guest Poets.
The Guest Poet feature on this blog has been tremendously successful and I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every poet who has taken the time to partake.
Guest Poet number Six this week is new to these pages as a poet, but a regular commenter – so please welcome Claire!
You can read more of Claire’s work here – http://everylifeisamemoir.com/
Going forward, the Guest Poet slots will still be available, so if you want to join in, please email your words to me at eyewillnotcry@hotmail.co.uk
Cheers
The Dance
Dancing with Reality is to have a skilled partner
With style, he whirls me across the floor
His feet execute moves never seen on this earth
With ease that comes only with practice
When I falter, he does not stop
When my breath fails, he does not slow
One hand tightens around my waist
And with the other he compels me on
His favorite device is to spin me
Around and around I go
The room’s in a haze, and my head is light
But he will not allow me to slow
Eventually, I collapse from exhaustion
Thirst and fatigue overtake me
When I wake, my lungs still on fire
He stands over me with a mocking smile
His hand is outstretched while he bows
My unwilling hand he folds in his own
He pulls me up close, looks deep into my eyes
And spins me back into his dance
