What Song Do You Sing Alone?
What song do you sing alone?
What sweet and joyful melody
arises from the shattered pieces
of your broken dreams
when there is no one to listen,
no promise of approval...
no bows,
no cheers,
just you alone
and the eternal emptiness
of the long, dark night of your soul?
What dance do you dance when there is no music…
no step to guide you,
no tango or ballet,
no partner to hold you up
when your limbs have been amputated
by the scalpel blade of desire
and the only rhythm you know
is the pound, pound, pounding of your heart
as you find yourself “going much too gently into that dark night?”
The song that sings you;
Do you hear it?
The dance that moves you;
Do you feel it?
© p. donovan
