Sunday, September 04, 2022

Poetry Sunday


Today's poem is not a poem, per se, but the lyrics to one of my favorite songs. If you've never heard it before, give it a listen ... I've attached the video at the end.

Dance Me to the End of Love
by Leonard Cohen

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Oh, let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

I love dancing and I love good music. And music doesn't come much better than with lyrics by the late, great Leonard Cohen. Want to see the video? Here it is ...


Have a good day and enjoy the rest of your weekend. More thoughts coming.

Bilbo

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