Words Inside are Dancing

Like I've said in the past. Sometimes I just have to grab pen and paper and it's as if someone else is writing... This came so fast this morning, I had to grab a pen and the back of whatever was in front of me and jot it down... Talk about Random!!! :-D Whew!....

Oh well... I share it here anyway....

Words Inside are Dancing

Words fly across the page; Dark lines dancing by

First a funny jig; Then mixed in with a waltz

Words come in my mind; As music from the soul

Words are painting pictures; Though I can not draw

The paper fills up quickly; As the words keep dancing by

The music is internal; Illuminating from Light and Love

The image that I’m painting; Comes flooding in like thunder

Yet the flow is rapid; The music can’t be stopped

Spring, Summer, Fall; Give way to Winters cold

Yet every season too must come; To be a part of life

Today my thoughts are abstract; Yet to someone may make sense

I can not stop the flow; Of this almighty pen

So dance your inner dance; And feel your song inside

Your music’s just beginning; the tune is yours unique

Paint your life so full; With things that fill your soul

Go look outside and see; All the glories that there are

Then paint your song; And sing your pen and dance your inner dance

It’s love and Light that guide me; From thought to ink to paper

And then into your life I send; These words in random order

This must be my Picasso; Abstract in thought I paint;

I sing this song on paper; With ink and pen create;

These words inside are a dancing

Written with Love and Light,
By Nina P. 6/22/09

Since this poem is so random and abstract... I'm sending out a random heart!! I found it on line in the local newspaper section of photo's. I can't find it again to give proper credit :-(

Either way, the photographer caught an amazing "wild" heart....

I found the pgotographer!!! cheychey37 can be found @ http://rochesterhomepage.net/mymedia/view.php?id=2321

In 10 years

Ten years ago I took a belly dance class. Since then, while I have done some learning and practicing on my own with "electronic instruction" (DVDs) I've never taken another live class. Now looking back and realizing it's been 10 years, I'm feeling a bunch of regret that I didn't stick with it. I could have been darn good after 10 years!

At the time, the reasons for not signing up for another class seemed important. My friend was not continuing, not a lot of time, money for dance lessons, dinky little apartment (How would I practice moving around?), shyness. Dance in public?! "Everyone will see how bad I am."

So what? 10 years later, these reasons seem trivial. Maybe I'd never be the one to dance solo in a restaurant with all those people looking and eating around me. A lot can happen in 10 years? Who knows. I could have thrived on that experience.

It's not too late. I'm 10 years older but I'm not bedridden. (Thank you universe.)
Do I want to try again? Absolutely!

Are the issues of the past gone?

* I've got a larger living room to practice in. Its not huge, but it will do.
* Unfortunately, I still don't have bunch of extra money for dance classes. I do however have some DVDs. That's a start. Two days of following one and I'm already sore. I'll use those while I'm saving up for the lessons.
* Am I still shy? Well...Yes. Not as shy. I still can't see myself doing a solo in a room full of people. BUT I'll dance with a few others. Who knows once I feel more confident the whole world could be my stage. OK, not really...maybe?

Regret happens.
I've found it is only debilitating when you don't or can't do anything to fix the situation. Ten years from now I want to look back and say "Yes, I did that." However it works out, at least I tried and didn't quit because I was afraid or thought I couldn't scrape up the money for lessons.

(The picture is me in a hip scarf that I got for my birthday 3 years ago.)