The Dance

(In Reflection of Hebrews 12:1)

A Poem by Laurence David Sterling III

When the dancer dances the last dance is it truly over?
I think not.
For when the dance is danced
Something of it remains forever.
Once set free it cannot be contained again. 
It is as the air, 
The sunbeam, 
The mist of the morning,
The candle's flicker of celebration.

Let us lift our hearts, free our feet,
And release our hands to the dance's expression.
Let us give our whole selves to it,
'Til we be so very weary,
We collapse in breathless giggles.

In doing so, we release the dance,
So that it may live forever,
In glorious praise of the Lord of the Dance, 
And remembrance of the wonderful chorus line
Of those that have danced before us
And for the inspiration of those
That dance after we fall in delightful exhaustion.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us dance with perseverance the dance that is choreographed for us, looking to Jesus the choreographer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:1 in Honor of Jesus, The Lord of the Dance

The Dance from Dave's Midi Page