Shag Aristotelis

Dance

life
   is a lot
     like a dance

 maintaining     the     proper     distance,

          making
       the
    right
 moves,

 the          music          slows,

 and
                           we
     glide
                      closer
           together,

 the music quickens,

             and
                   we
      twirl
                      further
  apart.

 but sometimes
   we get to stop dancing
     just
       for a little while
         and be ourselves.

              i'm
          not
                  much
         of a
                 dancer,

 as those who know me will attest,

 and
   most of the time,
     my moves

 are
                                                          deliberately
 hard to
                                                                follow

 but
            when
                       the
                                  music
                                             stops,

 i'm at my best.