In Response

 Rosemary invites us to compose a response to a poem  someone else wrote ~ I chose Leonard Cohen's "Dance Me To The End Of Love" ~ my favorite lines:

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin

Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in

 Dancing with my Grandson Charlie

  My hand rests in his

we twirl together

his smile a melody

I have known forever

I follow, as always I will

someday my feet will falter

someday I will let go

but not tonight

tonight we dance

to the melody of a wish

I hold deep in my bones

that life is kind to him

that love finds him whole

that his road is long, never lonely

as music swells, his eyes shine

I gather myself into the moment

knowing he will carry this dance

long after I am gone