Dance Lessons

I know, you just
stepped on my foot
and that’s fine.

I’m still a beginner myself.

Let’s try to form
a frame and keep
that shape

with just enough resistance
so each of us knows
where the other one’s going.

Try to think of us
as a wheel
standing still

as the floor spins
under us.
Try to think of us

as a wheel
as I step into you
and wonder

how your face can
possibly glow
the way that it does.

–May 21, 2017