For the love of the dance
A cold cruel world! I was a victim!
Forced to succumb to the my parents venom,
It surrounded every waking movement,
Pushed for improvement. From then to the present
Trapped! Try denying the human race.
Wishing to reside in an imaginary place
This garbled mess that was my life,
Memories cut like the surgeon’s knife
Rage begets rage, savage animals in a cage
Looking for the salvation from lives lonely stage
Suppressing my own fleeting feelings
Mind set altered by life’s shady dealings
Until that night in an old flamingo club
Transformation from a weed to a flowering shrub
Emulating the movements from all that I see
Combined with booze and LSD
Life slapped me hard in the face.
I needed to change my destructive pace
Like a swift back hand. That knocks sense into me
I make my stand in the land, where my desirers are set free
Body sways, emotional waves, impulses misbehave
Now enslaved, by the magic gaze that portrays freedom set ablaze,
No words required, lovers inspired, performance admired
Light on my Feet, life more complete, so savory sweet.
The emotions released that were trapped far beneath
Hidden from sight,
Until that night when I spread my wings and took flight
Power in his hands, no other physical demands
Swirling, stepping, swaying
Repairing, growing, praying
Expression through dance of love and romance
My life was my cage. No longer stifled by rage
I dance here with pride, no desire to hide
The love for the dance! That I had stumbled onto by chance.
10 years later
Thankful for the day that I found my way
To the back street alley deep in the valley
The music would swirl through the air,
Caressing my soul, the wind grazing my hair
The sounds of people laughing inside,
To scared to go in. wasted! Too HIGH!
This is where I lived at night all alone.
The clothes on my back, cardboard box is my home.
Here due to circumstances beyond my control.
Drugs blackened my soul, pulled me to the black hole.
Not searching for answers, just riding the wave
No need for romances. No desire to be saved
Yet night after night I lay in that box,
Wanting to dance, sip whiskey on the rocks
By day I have only two things to do,
Always the same never anything new!
Get a hold of money for honey. To put in your veins!
Pleading and begging. I would go to great pains.
A good Friday night, I got plenty of cash, go grab my stash it’s time to get smashed
Pull out my spoon, stick the needle in! Temperature goes up, nausea begins
Something is happening, I can’t seem to breathe. I seem to be changing on this mid summer’s eve
Glowing more brightly than ever before,
Looking down at the body lying dead on the floor
Walk away! Head to the door today was the day. It’s what you’ve waited for
No hesitant breath! No pregnant pause!
With elegance and grace. I walked through those doors
Still dancing until all had gone home.10 years later still here. No need to roam.
This is where I never sleep! I dance and dance like on repeat.
I try not to think back to 10 years ago. When life was my hell, so glad I let go!
Forced to succumb to the my parents venom,
It surrounded every waking movement,
Pushed for improvement. From then to the present
Trapped! Try denying the human race.
Wishing to reside in an imaginary place
This garbled mess that was my life,
Memories cut like the surgeon’s knife
Rage begets rage, savage animals in a cage
Looking for the salvation from lives lonely stage
Suppressing my own fleeting feelings
Mind set altered by life’s shady dealings
Until that night in an old flamingo club
Transformation from a weed to a flowering shrub
Emulating the movements from all that I see
Combined with booze and LSD
Life slapped me hard in the face.
I needed to change my destructive pace
Like a swift back hand. That knocks sense into me
I make my stand in the land, where my desirers are set free
Body sways, emotional waves, impulses misbehave
Now enslaved, by the magic gaze that portrays freedom set ablaze,
No words required, lovers inspired, performance admired
Light on my Feet, life more complete, so savory sweet.
The emotions released that were trapped far beneath
Hidden from sight,
Until that night when I spread my wings and took flight
Power in his hands, no other physical demands
Swirling, stepping, swaying
Repairing, growing, praying
Expression through dance of love and romance
My life was my cage. No longer stifled by rage
I dance here with pride, no desire to hide
The love for the dance! That I had stumbled onto by chance.
10 years later
Thankful for the day that I found my way
To the back street alley deep in the valley
The music would swirl through the air,
Caressing my soul, the wind grazing my hair
The sounds of people laughing inside,
To scared to go in. wasted! Too HIGH!
This is where I lived at night all alone.
The clothes on my back, cardboard box is my home.
Here due to circumstances beyond my control.
Drugs blackened my soul, pulled me to the black hole.
Not searching for answers, just riding the wave
No need for romances. No desire to be saved
Yet night after night I lay in that box,
Wanting to dance, sip whiskey on the rocks
By day I have only two things to do,
Always the same never anything new!
Get a hold of money for honey. To put in your veins!
Pleading and begging. I would go to great pains.
A good Friday night, I got plenty of cash, go grab my stash it’s time to get smashed
Pull out my spoon, stick the needle in! Temperature goes up, nausea begins
Something is happening, I can’t seem to breathe. I seem to be changing on this mid summer’s eve
Glowing more brightly than ever before,
Looking down at the body lying dead on the floor
Walk away! Head to the door today was the day. It’s what you’ve waited for
No hesitant breath! No pregnant pause!
With elegance and grace. I walked through those doors
Still dancing until all had gone home.10 years later still here. No need to roam.
This is where I never sleep! I dance and dance like on repeat.
I try not to think back to 10 years ago. When life was my hell, so glad I let go!