Shiny Disco Ball

I am what I am :)

A shiny disco ball, 

a bundle of sparkle, 

a sack of effervescent glitter -

is what I am.

I’m not trying to stoke my own flames 

in this fire aglow with the kind of warmth 

that wraps its arms around you,

holds you, envelops you while reminding

gently in your ear, that yes,

everything is going to be alright.

I do not need to stoke, or tend, 

or even run off and gather more wood.

It’s a fact. 

A sack full of intermittent light I am.

I like to bounce around, in and out,

from here to there so fast you don’t even notice I am gone. 

I travel at the speed of light 

that’s, 299792458 metres / second.

I call myself Speedy.

I have always had an affinity with dancing, 

feeling the rhythm reach right into my bones 

and allowing it free passage to move my body 

in the waves of eternity - floating free - freedom - ah ….

I am a Shiny Disco Ball,
I can light up your life, 

but your are the one who controls the switch.

Reviews

[CD Campbell]

Think that's rather a cool way to describe yourself. Don't get to dance anymore like I use too. Ok, I'm not that old. Life you know. Anyway, fondly thinking of my twenties, the sight of a disco ball usually meant a good time was about to be had. Loved your poem and the imagery it spun in my mind. Glad to see that bringing people joy like a disco ball is important. CD

[KWP]

If that pic is current, you don't look that old. I have fond myself to be spontaneously dancing more and more ... the poem itself was supposed to be a metaphor for the fact that we are all just balls of intermittent light popping in and out of each other's reality ... I guess I didn't convey that too well - hahaha - I will have to be content with being a Shiny Disco Ball Instead ... I'm okay with that ... thanks for reading XXX

[CD Campbell]

You're welcome.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

KWP,
Ok I even watched some of your fun video and it works! Poem is quite an accomplishment of explanation. Really energetic. Much description and comparison between the energy between dancer and music. Love it. Fun to read!..................................Kathy

[KWP]

haha - I never usually add video's to my poems (just doesn't make sense in my brain!!!) but this one I actually used to dance to in the clubs at 3, 4, 5am ... hahahah brings back some good memories.

I will be sure to stop by and read your work later today. I am heading out now (breakky with the folks) and I have to get my head into a new writing task for a course I am doing ... but I will visit ...

Thanks for the lovely words - what a gem you are X

[Einstein Noodle]

how can one not respond to the disco beat and lightning piercings ... ohhhhhhh yeh ..filppin the switch to on KWP! its all in the hips and low back slippin' .... oh yeh!! ;)))) your poem lifts my spirit today ..so thank you very much Ms. Speedy (head bobbin' now;)....ohhh yeh!!!!!!!!!!
E.

[KWP]

haha you are welcome ... may your spirit stay lifted long time baby X

[Einstein Noodle]

:) ........................

[jacob erin-cilberto]

others made me feel the dance even more, but i always felt the music itself...since i was very little---when i heard and felt the beat...i was moving.
Maybe the world is crumbling but it could still be warm and safe in our little space on the dance floor.

relate to this, much.

j.

[Willard Wells]

Great take on a very mundane object and you gave it life. Well done.

[Davidgeo]

"I have always had an affinity with dancing"

Affinity 'for' dancing would be more appropriate than 'with'. Dancing is not a person, so it can't have affinity with you or for you... only you or someone else can have affinity for it. Just not with it, unless you know a person named Dancing. Danzig doesn't count.

I see you were relatively exacting with your speed of light measurement. It's a weird number isn't it? It's not a very intuitive thing that whole 'massless travel' speed limit. Did you know that time doesn't exist at the speed of light? Yeah, weird... if at any time someone finds a particle that has any amount of mass AND travels at the speed of light the entire field of physics and chemistry as we know it would break down and cease to make sense in a meaningful way. It's not really the speed of light, the universe doesn't care about photons, it's more accurate to say - the speed of causality. If that speed was infinite every part of the universe would be able to communicate with every other part of the universe instantaneously... making everything that happens in between impossible... aka, "nothing" would no longer exist because everything would be one thing with no option to be anything else - not even "nothing".

[KWP]

Well at least one person cottoned on to what I was referring to here ... And no it was not self adulation 😉

I didn't know that about the word affinity - so thanks - I will look it up further so it sinks down into ma wee brain... Although I did have a gay friend who when dressed in drag himself the Dancing Queen, does that count... ?

I need to reread and rest a while on the other stuff ... I get it but I don't ... You have very good articulation, something which I must lack seeings as everyone thinks Obama physical disco ball ... Hahahahahahahahahahaha ....

[Davidgeo]

The English language is a confusing language.

Obviously, it's Obama's fault. Hillary eats babies and Trump rapes disabled war veterans.... welcome to American politics, 2016.

[KWP]

no thanks ... I have been hearing about America's election for over a year already ... I'm done, I'm out.

[Davidgeo]

It's pretty retarded. Imagine if you had to live through that soul crushing pain like the rest of my American compatriots ... it's hurting my brain and turning harmless ignorance into tangible ignorance on a large scale. Sadly, I don't think I'll ever have enough drugs or scotch to make it go away.

[Davidgeo]

I forgot to mention, this is an excellent piece of words. Well done.

Sorry for not mentioning that initially, I get caught up in that physics stuff and I lose all perspective.

[KWP]

was that on intentional pun? hehe

and yes, why thank you, it was a pretty quick spew forth if truth be told, but as you know the concept had been jiggling around for a wee bit X

[Davidgeo]

Yes... the concept did smell familiar. You did good with it I think.

[KWP]

did it smell gaseous like deep within eternity?

if so ... I am happy to have left a wee pinprick there :)

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

There is nothing wrong with knowing your worth... ww must all shine in this life or we never truly live.

[KWP]

true words ... nice to see you ... hope all is well X

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Good seeing you too... I am well, how about yourself.

[cycy]

interesting one, i think im a shiny disco ball too lolx. enjoyed reading hey. xx

[KWP]

of course you are .... we all are ... flick the switch, yes, yes, flicky thes switch :) XXX

nice to see you X

[Jamestown]

Well written and expressed!
Dance the night away "speedy"
Thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[Valentine]

Just call her Speedy. This brought to mind my younger years and the dancing which me and my friends loved. Loved the sparks off of that disco ball and your write. Valentine