One step
Two step
Rise,
And release

The flaming flags
of fall give way
To a cherry blossom
spring
Always in
the turning of
One step
Two step
Rise,
And release.

Safety.
Threat.
Loss.
Bloom.
Sunrise to sunset.
Midnight to noon.
Always there is beauty
in the
One step
Two step
Rise,
And release

Winter rain
and summer breeze
Burst their way
like newlyweds
into the
One step
Two step
Rise,
And release.
The heart that beats
The clock that ticks
The winds that change
As one, they whisper–
One step
Two step
Rise,
And release

Tears fall.
Light fades.
Crushing–
simple.
One step
Two step
Rise,
And release.

Thump thump.
Thump thump.
Inhale.
Exhale.

Silence.

Gasp.

Dance.