Dancing Through Time

"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf." - Rabindranath Tagore

   

The prompt "dancing" from Poets and Storytellers United inspired my few words above. Dancing, like laughing, lightens existence. It is the nearest thing to skipping as a child, something we stop doing as adults for fear of looking silly. Skipping, laughing and dancing more would make this a much happier and probably safer world.

   

Along the way, I watched a cloud dance in the wind alone amongst the others.

   

At the Crescent Beach pier, I noticed a gull with blue and white bands around its legs.

   

It's a way for scientists to monitor migration and other significant data. I wondered if the Salish Sea Gull Project was part of these efforts and forwarded them my picture.

     

It's fun to swoop and glide. But when a dance is internal, wing flapping and toe tapping seems to matter less than the willingness to surrender to the wonder.

   

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"May your cares be light as a raindrop." - Penelope Puddle

Love Will Win

The apple I cut turned out heart-shaped, a happy accident, as if for Valentine's Day.

 

In keeping with the special day, The Poets and Storytellers United prompt "love" inspired my poem (below) as did Nessun Dorma, sung by Andrea Bocelli during the opening ceremonies at the Winter Olympics in Italy this year. Daring to take risks and a dedicated, impassioned spirit to win would describe some characteristics of the athletes competing at the games. A champion cannot doubt he/she can win so the song's theme of confident love (be it of sport or a princess) made it a perfect choice.

You don't have to understand a single word of the aria to thrill to its powerful conclusion, which translated into English means, "I will win!".

It is remarkable that such moving music is conceived by the same species that delivers life's cruelest atrocities. But if you listen closely, you will realize there is a harsh edge to the tale when some face callous, even casual, destruction so others can prevail.

In the end, as the bird (below) seemingly kissing its own reflection implies, it takes a certain amount of self-love to win the prize but it is the neglected bit players unloved in the lives of others who put us at risk because everyone needs to feel that they matter.

Explore more at Poets and Storytellers United, SKYWATCH and Saturday's Critters.

Check out my sites: Postcards from Penelope Puddle and Musings of A Puddlist In B.C.

Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.

"May your cares be light as a raindrop." - Penelope Puddle