We have come to be danced

We have come to be danced
Not the pretty, pick me, pick me dance
But the back into the belly dance
The sacred sensual animal dance
The holding of precious moments in the psalms
Of our hands and feet dance

We have come to be danced
Not the twerk your booty for the crowd dance
But the shake the sadness from our skin dance
The shrug the chip off your shoulder dance
The wring the apology from our posture dance 

We have come to be danced
Not the monkey see monkey do dance
The one, two like me dance
Three, four like you dance
But the grave robber, the tomb stalker dance
The opening coffins and resurrection of the self dance

We have come to be danced
Not the self conscious shuffle dance
But the Voodoo mamma shape shifting ancient bone rattle dance
That strips us from our casings
Sharpening claws and loosening tongue dance
Returning us our wings dance
The shed our dead skin cells and slip into the luminous skin of love dance 

We have come to be danced
Not the hold our breath and wallow in
The shallow end of the floor dance
But the meeting of the trinity
The body, breath and beat dance
The shout hallelujah from the top of our thighs dance 

But mother may I
Take 10 giant leaps of faith dance
The everyone can enter heaven dance
Where kingdoms collide
In cathedrals of flesh
To unravel, to play, to fly, to pray
And root into our body’s stance

We have come to be danced