I push up from the floor

Not because I’m happy

I rise into the air

Not because I’m light

I dance 

Because it is my fight

When I am most sad

Against the earth 

And the weight of all the world

That wants to bury me 

I break the bonds that hold me down 

Momentarily stomp on all that came before me

Reverse the time that wants to own me

And with a breath of air I fly 

Back to heaven

For a glimpse of eternity 

Then return to all life 

That is nothing more than a dance

While the drummer humors us

By playing