I see you there
Your glossy, pale hair swaying to the music
You pose and leap and glide
With every movement comes the sweetest smile
Such visible enjoyment
You are graceful for your four young years
So new and innocent and free
Oh, little ballerina
Let me offer you a small piece of advice
Keep on dancing
As the years beat on in time
Be flexible, be fluid
When the spotlight shines
Take joy
Stretch out
Reach up from where you are
Become the shooting star that you were meant to be
But never soar so far that you will not be ready
For when the floodlights shut their eyes
And sure as death they will
And suffering strikes an errant chord
You must not fall
Do not give up, do not lay low
By all means, wrestle with your grief and take your rest
Then go
For life is in the movement
A waltz with pain produces beauty
Only if you
Keep
On
Dancing
Complete the experience. Listen to Mandisa’s Overcomer.
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