i danced the dance
smiled the smile
breathed in life
and breathed out peace
i felt my joy
expanding within my chest
it grew too large to be contained
and the dance became the joy
and the joy, the dance
the lights were off
the dance was just for me
and yet, as i danced
i had thoughts i wanted to share
these thoughts
that life is a poem
that love is a dance
that the light shines from within
even when the lights are out
the light shines from within