‘We dance our Salsa’

‘We dance our Salsa’     timothyrgates’We,12/27/2017
We sing
our funeral dirge,
tears until there are none,
tributary stained cheeks
remind of other days.

We awake,
years past that first,
“Why have you forsaken me?”
intoning Memory Eternal,
grief’s love, like ancients baptizing.

We arise,
perennials peek,
Dogwoods bud,
pollen teasing,
soon eyes will tear,
some will ask,
“is everything okay?”

We dance our
Salsa, caution to the wind,
not caring if applauded,
smiles grow,
seasons merge
from there,
and here.