Filling
feeling
wrapping
brimming with life—
I must dance!
High-stepping—
stretching
fingering
truthing— all around me.
Side-stepping—
spiraling
slinking
strutting— the writhing.
Tiptoeing—
dragging
quivering
etching—the free captive.
Wrapped
felt
lived
brimmed to filling—
for I dance!
—Jennifer van Westrum
2004