~The Last Time I Danced

Last time I saw your face I danced in your essence

    the tempo deliberate and hauntingly alluring

you provided the rhythm for my wanton heart

      your Grandioso sent me over the moon,

            then crashing back to earth

I felt it'd be our last tango,

          yet, you expressed devotion

I fell into your staccato without missing a beat

      till I realized you'd always be a cappella

with no reason or rhyme for your deceptive cadence

    there'd be no encore, you were falsetto in disguise

Now, I dance alone on a dark moon with no harmony

     no Maestro to entice an impromptu interlude

sad violin music the only melody that tunes my soul

     still, a free spin above the kick of devils symphony

Author's Note

Reviews

[Ravyne Hawke]

This is beautiful and heartbreaking.. I really love the dance and music themes. Wonderful job, Frieda!

[Frieda P]

Thanks muchly Lori, really glad you enjoyed it!

[Archangel Gabriel]

The emotions you express on the page are brittle and smashed angrily across the sad sidewalk of the city of life Frieda

[Frieda P]

Ha I love the way you put that Gabe, thanks so much.

[Dana Alsamsam]

mmm the way a body enraptures the music itself when in dance is very familiar to me and you've described it so well. although bittersweet with a lonely ending, dancing along can be the most beautiful just like the silence between the phrases of a musical piece. lovely!

[Frieda P]

"Silence between the phrases of a musical piece", what an intriguing way to look at it, I think there's a poem in your words there somewhere Dana, thanks muchly!

[Dana Alsamsam]

in my dance training we've learned a lot about improvisation and how stillness is almost more powerful than the movement itself. it's all about the dynamics, the ebb and flow- we use it in our writing too! not every word can be the biggest, loudest word or it would get lost.

[Baby Ricochet]

I love to dance. I'm a physically expressive kind of guy

[Frieda P]

I bet you are Baby, thanks...

[Angel]

This poem makes me think of my first marriage. Boy, was that one a mistake!! He didn't need a wife, he needed a sparring partner! It's been many years since I left him...but he still haunts me.
Well written, Luv!

[Frieda P]

Ouch Angel, sorry to stir up such an angry memory, thanks hon!

[Angel]

It's been about forty years ago, now. The memory isn't as angry any more...just amazed that I was ever so stupid. I put up with his abuse for four years...

[Frieda P]

We're silly women, what can I say? ..................

[Yellow Butterfly]

Hauntingly beautiful filled with so much emotion

Such an exquisite and serene write Fp kept me captivated throughout... :O)

[Frieda P]

You're too kind YB< thanks so much! :-)

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Wow, looks like I am watching a movie, great details in words. Love it Frie :) Always an amazing write.

[Frieda P]

Wow, what a great review Marc, thanks so much! :-)

[Lydia Shutter]

Oh, the musical terms were exceptionally used in this poem, Frieda. Your words danced on the page. The metaphor of a duplicitous individual as falsetto is great. An elegant write! Lydi**

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much Lydi, muchly appreciate your kind words!

[icelandicblue]

Even in the most exquisite of moments we can fall victim to duplicity. It dances hypnotically so we don't notice. I love that last stanza:

Now, I dance alone on a dark moon with no harmony
no Maestro to entice an impromptu interlude
sad violin music the only melody that tunes my soul
still, a free spin above the kick of devils symphony


Alone on the dark side of the moon speaks more volumes that any of us can hear.

[Frieda P]

Thanks blue, glad you felt this one...

[kublakhan27]

This is the first time you've danced in a while Mrs.R, but you haven't lost a step...dancing comes naturally to you, you write of it in a way that lifts the reader off the floor and gives wings to their feet, and their imagination...your images are majestic as always, and even though it may feel like it to you, you never dance alone...

[Frieda P]

Awh Benji, this touched my heart, thanks so much my sweet friend! x

[kublakhan27]

You know it's a pleasure Mrs.R :) xo

[Frieda P]

Wanna dance? ;-) xo

[kublakhan27]

Sure, but you gotta lead ;) xo

[Frieda P]

Hahah I always do ;-P x

[SteveB]

"you were falsetto in disguise" - Such a lovely line.

Very nicely done Frieda, I enjoyed the interplay of musical forms here and the play on words such as the line I quoted. Thank you.

[Frieda P]

Thank you Steve, glad you enjoyed it.