Once again I have fallen
fallen in love with my life
For a time I had been
So Serious.
Told I was going to die
I went deep inside
made Friends with the notion
cultivated my Inner Peace garden
invited Acceptance in for tea
even placed myself
in a tidy little white box
wrapped in paper
with ribbons and bow
then patiently waited
waited to be opened
opened by Death
Time passes
and I wonder
"Mistake?" I ask
"Spontaneous healing?" I hope
"Run more tests!" Doctors say
"No mistake," Tests insist
Time slips by
I begin to wriggle restlessly.
"Did Death drop me
behind the sofa?" I muse
"Was I discovered to have
insufficient postage?" I wonder
"Humph!" I say.
Enough.
Enough of this foolish waiting.
Time to bust out
out of this tidy white box
to live as if
I am going to
live
I Dance on tips of toes
all the way around the equator
in 12 beats of the shaman's drum
I Hop once
landing squarely on the North Pole
one hand Pointing toward heaven
the other toward earth
Spinning 33 times
until I am launched in a single Flying Leap
then landing in a Belly Flop, Skim across
the icy tip of
Tierra del Fuego
I am free
free to Dance delicately
on our wonderful, wounded world
to Laugh exuberantly
when caught in a rainpour
free to Sing & Shout & Scream & Silent aloud
to Float fearless across
the blazing, blinding, brilliant noon sky
No more!
no more of this waiting
this waiting for Death
no more waiting all perfectly wrapped
in a tidy white box
I am going to live
as if
as if I am going
to live
