Life stands still
And the music starts
I start dancing
To the beat of my heart.
My mind starts racing
It’s easy to see
This is my senior year
It all comes down to me.
Life crashes upon my body
As I twirl across the stage
My soul feels the music
But my mind is on a different page.
I don’t know where life will lead me
I don’t know what I want to be
But for this moment in time
I just want to be me.
My arms flow like the breeze in the air
As I turn like the Earth revolving around the sun
I try to soak in every moment
But that’s easier said than done.
So now it’s time;
Time to go see my parents in the crowd
My mom is sobbing
My dad is so proud.
Butterfly kisses fall down upon him
As I spin gracefully through the aisles back to the stage
This can’t be happening, it’s all to sudden
But maybe in this moment I am on the right page.
Right here performing in front of an audience
Is exactly where I’m supposed to be
Where I don’t have to pretend to be somebody else
A place where I can just be me.
I wipe my eyes
Before my tears fall down
The music ends
And I’m on the ground.
My final pose
My final step
My final dance
What could this world bring me next?
The crowd stands up
And starts cheering my name
While I sit on the stage
In heartache and pain.
I turn and look
And my dance instructor is right there
Calling my name
Telling me to, “Come over here.”
She embraces me with a hug
Trying to calm my soul
She realizes that this is my final dance, my final step,
And now it’s my time to go.
I’ve had my opportunity
Now it’s someone else’s turn
To sit on the stage
To watch, to learn.
So here I go
Gathering the pieces to my heart
As I walk off the stage
I fall apart.
I sob into my hands
My body just shakes
My family and friends attempt to console me
But my heart aches.
It’s my time;
My time to go
To find my place in this world
And leave the dance studio.
Even though I’m done
I will always remember
The times, memories, and moments
That we have spent together.
From classes, to recitals, to decorating the stage
I will never forget;
And as I leave
I don’t look back
Because the dancing chapters in my life
Are something that I will never forget.
