I wrote this on a day when I awoke more thankful than ever before for moose and bean.
MdW – someone whom I respect and am in total awe of, and have been for many moons, responded with a comment.
I have to post it in full here. Mandy, thank you.
Cath:
i swear and cry and grate
you worry and fumble and wish it all away
we will dance again
i scream and throw and punch myself in the stomach
you shake and huddle and try to think of the better day
we will dance again
i love and hate and remember nothing good
you seethe and smash and can’t quite sum up why we are here
we will dance again
i yell at nothing and drive nails into walls
you hold my hand and direct the hammer
we will dance again
i battle to speak and lose all my coherence
you smile and hope it’s not a grimace
we will dance again
thank you for keeping my feet firm grounded
we will dance again
Mandy:
We will dance again
and when we do we will
fly
you and I across the
sky
and as we do and you
sigh
perhaps like light, first sight
the earliest dawn after night
we will see love and hate
pass through the same gate
made from the same place
filled with grace
everything
everything
teaches
reaches
touches
makes us who we are
fleeting
fragile humans
experiencing
experience.