She Dances

You took her
And what can I say?
Did she know it would be her Dancing Day?

I do not know.
But that I hoped
I prayed
I tried to play for her
A little of the music to be played
On her Dancing Day.

I walk forward, day by day
With a quickened step now
To the measured time of my own
For I do know where I’m going
And it is brighter by far than this.
I will dance.

For it is to my Dancing Day I’m bound
No sad farewell!
No tear-dimmed eye!
But a great reunion in the sky

And as horses prick up their ears
And swell, arching their necks
Springing from hoof to hoof
Their tails high like flags of glory
And then charge, heedless of death
Running like thunder,
A mounting roll of wild drums
So shall we run to the Lord of the Dance
So shall I run to Thee


Sidney Couch  5/91   for Joyce Gregorian Hampshire