An Ode to Dance

"An Ode to Dance"

By: Amelia Peña

Dance, you let me be creative.

You show me a whole different

Point of view in life.

You make me who I am!

Oh Dance, you make me

Want to live the dream

Of being a dance choreographer.

You make life amusing and enjoyable!

You let me feel as if there is faith.

Dance, you let me feel as if there is 

A chance that I will succeed. 

You make me sense that all my problems 

have gone away.

Dance, like always you make me feel as if I 

were like everybody else. Typical!

Dance lets me hear all the songs,

that makes it possible to tell a story.

Hearing the music that plays 

While I dance helps me tell

And show a story as well.

Dance lets me show who I can 

Truly be!

It lets me see the bright side of an awful day.

Dance lets me see a totally different

Dimension and experience the beauty

That comes from it!

When I am with you dance, 

I can imagine that I am in a different place,

Surrounded by my favorite flower,

Orchids and when I bend down, I can

Smell the beauty that comes from the Orchid.

I can smell a nice summer breeze

As I dance in the garden in the center

Of the yard.

When I am dancing, I can be who 

I am and I don't have to hide what I want to be, 

because you accept me for who I truly am. 

That's all I ask from you!