Light Fantastic

Do the dance to burning music of heartfire,
Long the longing, imagine! What if you knew
it would be a million lifetimes on
wheel of mad existence
till union with the mate of your soul?
What would you do in the meantime?

I'll dance, throw myself into rhythms
Of love, passion and pain,
I'll dance with whoever asks, round and round
Mad sarabande of the soul,
Encounters of consolation, I'll dance.

I'll bend to my fate, bend low and sway,
Let myself be whirled into the music,
The beat of life, I'll laugh, sing, cry, sigh,
Until the dance is through.