What the Body Wants

The body wants to dance
It wants to get up off the floor, and dance,
It wants to get up out of the chair and dance
To get from behind the desk, and dance.

The body wants to move,
The body wants to move and touch
And move together with other bodies,
And taste other bodies.

It wants to be up to it's neck in body
The body's tired of waiting
And resting beneath the mind
The body falls asleep thinking.

It can't stand the wait between action and action
It wants to move out into the world
It wants warmth, sunshine,
Breezes, and wet sand between it's toes.

It wants to jump in water and float, it wants to fly
It wants to feel, with every cell,
The pull of gravity,
And the centrifugal force of turning.

It wants it's energy and it wants it's peace and tranquility.
The body wants to know that it is not alone.
The body wants to vibrate to it's own voice.
And to feel harmony with other voices and dissonance.

It wants to dance slow and dance fast
To flow, to thrust, to bend and to be still.
It wants to make beautiful lines and to be seen.

The body wants everything
It does not want to be bounded
The body wants
To dance!!!

Jim Gustinan