the spirit moves in you, the spirit moves in me
the river finds a pathway through the rocks out to the sea
winter yields to spring, sadness yields to joy
the dry earth yields a bounty for our bodies to employ
so don’t you lose your heart, no don’t you lose your way
listen to the children’s voices echoing in the alleyway
that’s the joy of becoming and it’s older than the sky
it lifts us from our slumbers with passions yet to ply
nothing is forever, we are captive to the dance
the rise and fall and rise again, the gesture and the glance
so you can feast upon your sorrow when the seasons right
then satisfied and fortified set out into the night
let the spirit move, recede and coast and glide
patterns dance across the sky as galaxies collide
down to the smallest atom out to vast eternity
shifting tides describe the shape of periodicity
you were here before though I know you don’t recall
you played pirouettes on a golden harp at the ancient ball
when Love and Loss were married, sworn forever to be true
and since that day they’ve held that vow, steadfast though and through
Dark and Light were partnered in the very same way
up and down across the line, in work and in play
constant is the motion unchanging is the flow
so double down with great resolve and watch the come and the go
bear your burdens lightly, knowing they shall pass
your fortunes too are passing through the narrow neck of the hourglass
so don’t you lose your heart, no don’t you lose your way
just find someone who makes you want to move and dance the night away
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