A Poem!

Inspired by the falling snowflakes which ushered our departure -

The dancer

I dance on and on,

Swerving and cartwheeling blindly,

I dance on and on,

Only gravity binds me,

I dance on and on,

Leaping and jumping wildly,

I dance on and on,

Yet all the while I am falling, ever so slightly.

I dance on and on,

Though faster I fall,

I dance on and on,

To the ground I am called,

I dance on and on,

Though fate is approaching,

To the white arms of death I am bound.

I dance on and on,

And ecstasy fills me,

I dance on and on,

And sadness near kills me,

I dance on and on;

Fear it chills me,

I dance on and on;

To the end I am come.

I dance on and on,

Though I know what this dance brings me,

The first dance and the last dance,

Though I live for all eternity,

Reborn and reborn again until memory fails me.

For this is the dance of the snowflake,

Both beautiful and terrible,

Rich in both joy and grief,

For the ground I am destined,

And my hopes melt with the heat of the sun.

Yvke vdH