We watch you dance in the sunlight
admiring your graceful fluidity
your total abandonment
to your art.
We watch you dance from our windows
confined inside, with limbs
no longer able
to obey.
That freedom, which once was ours
lives on, as we watch
while you dance
for us too.
Written in response to Sadje’s What Do You See #44 photo prompt.
Image credit: Joel Valve – Unsplash
luna's on line 
a lovely poem that expresses your frustration with the current restrictions … but we can still dance too 🙂
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Wow, Chris! Wonderful take!
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Thank you, Aashi!
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We can indeed still dance! We can do anything in our imaginations 🙂
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or in our own living rooms 🙂
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I love this poem Chris! She dances with abandonment and we enjoy. Thanks a lot for joining in the challenge.
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We can all share in that joy too! Thanks for the prompt, Sadje 🙂
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You’re right we can. Thanks a lot
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First in this week, a lovely poem from Chris Hall!
Enjoy!
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A surprise ‘first’ given the additional challenge of the dreaded block editor 😉
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Indeed! Well done with all t TY he obstacles WP is putting in our way.
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I’ve been dreading trying the block editor, for fear I won’t be able to go back to the one I’m used to, although I read that you can go back and forth?🤔
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I managed to switch back at the end of last week, but yesterday I could only find ‘the block’ for a new post. It was a bit annoying, but I muddled through okay. Then I went to update a page and that was in ‘classic’, which is almost what we’ve become used to. I’m sure all will be fine with a bit of practice. 🙂
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Beautiful poem, Chris! Cheryl
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Thank you so much, Cheryl 🙂
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Love the sentiment, Chris. I can’t better the comments above, only add that I really like the way you’ve shaped it, too.
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Thanks so much, Cath!
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wow, this is good! Loved it Chris!!
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Thanks, Di. I’m so pleased you enjoyed it.
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😀
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So many applications, ageing comes to mind too, I like how you tease out the meaning.
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Exactly so, Paul. The body slows down and the dance become vicarious. Yet in our strange world so many have been living largely virtual lives, at least for a time.
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Yes, I see some awareness dawning in our community on virtual life, a small awakening.
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i love this Chris, as it brings out so many emotions for me…there is frustration, guilt, hope and love and yet at the end, one “dances” in perfect harmony
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Thanks, Mich! Our mixed emotions lie only just beneath the surface, but we must all dance together in hope. 🙂
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Lovely sense of vicarious abandonment and joy, Chris!🙂
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Thanks, Punam! I hope I laid a little joy at your door today 🙂
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You sure did! 🙂
You are welcome.
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Very uplifting!😊
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🙂
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Wonderful! *sharing*
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A double thank you, Liz! 🙂
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You’re welcome, Chris!
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Loved this poem Chris❤️❤️
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I’m so pleased you did, Roshni! Thanks for saying 🙂
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such a lovely poem! i love the way you’ve shaped it! than you very much for sharing💞
Follow @everythingtips for tips and recommendations if interested! It would mean a lot to me!🥺🤍
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Thank you 🙂
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Oh my god. This is so beautifully written Chris! It’s graceful, filled with sadness and I could feel the longing and the love too! I just love this so much!
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Thank you so much, Celine 🙂
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Wow this is beautifully wistful. Empathetic ❤️💛
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Exactly so, in a nutshell! Thanks, Jude 🙂
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My pleasure 🌼
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
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Loved this, Chris. Beautifully paced and such an evocative last line.
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Thank you, Matthew 🙂
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I can see many relating to this. My own left feet too… 😉
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Ha ha! I have those too.
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As within so without!
It seems we’re on the cusp of a local lockdown at this time, Chris, so we’ll have to watch on as the ‘free world’ dances too (should it happen!)
Another nice poem. I like your feeling of movement.
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Whilst our minds are still free, so are we 🙂 Thanks, Tom!
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Beautiful, Chris!
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Thanks, Susan 🙂 How’s it going?
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No bad. My birthday break went a bit long, but I’ll be back to work in a few weeks–I’m doing the whole Marie Kondo thing to clear the clutter and distractions. How are you doing?
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That sound good! Actually I’m rather chuffed with myself. The wip novel is almost in the bag: MS completed – editor reading through – beta readers on standby 🙂 I hope they like it.
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This strikes to my postpartum self–so many out and about when I felt trapped inside taking care of littles. Now everyone’s dancing off in different directions, and I can’t clone myself to keep up! xxxxxx
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It’s been so interesting to see what different people have taken from the poem. We all need a stand in!
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I absolutely love dance, and the movement in this piece is stunning!
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Thanks very much, Jaya!
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