It Can't Be

When the dance is over

And the people long gone home

I’ll stay in the empty arena

On the earth so trampled

Footprints mix and mingle

That it’s hard to tell who’s who.

I’ll stare at the sky

Open and welcoming

I’ll look beyond the horizon

Unknown and beckoning

I’ll search my memories

Tittering on the eaves of my minds eyes

I’ll wonder if it all just happened

Did we not just dance?

Did you not walk up to me, saying nothing

But your outstretched hands saying it all

Did I not say a word,

But was led like a sheep

And in your arms I fell

To your tune I swayed

To your steps I danced

Rocked by your moves, I obeyed

Even the sky bristled in abeyance

Even my smile has an imprint of you

It can’t be, but its too late.