now

[joel]

You know, it’s tough to be a dancer: all
the balance, all the footwork, all the grace—
yet dance is how you move. With beauty. Asymmetrical.
But you— you never fall.
And you— your dance is pedagogical
and soulful: endless— histories will trace
your boldness on the thinnest paper-lace
of holy books— and what you dance, they’ll call
a mystery, a covenant, a love.
You dip. You skip. You trip, but changes of
direction don’t alarm you; and your dance—
your dance is always perfect, like an answer
to a question no one’s asked yet. How
you dance is inspiration now. Now. Now.

[dadio]

very well composed, J oel.