Because it's Valentine's Day weekend, I thought we'd stick with the "love" theme and look for a good poem on the topic. There are, of course, countless thousands of poems on the topic of love and romance, and it's not easy to single out one particular one, but I've gone for a somewhat unusual choice, the lyrics to this marvelous song by Leonard Cohen ... you can watch the video here.
Dance Me to the End of Love
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til 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
Oh dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the wedding now, oh 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 'til I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand, 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
Have a good day and enjoy the rest of your weekend. Love is in short supply in this country nowadays. Do your part to keep it from being sacrificed on the altar of angry nativism.
More thoughts coming.
Bilbo
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