Wanting to prolong joy I keep a soap-bubble moment br alive - watching two young dancers perform the same br enchanting scenes again, delighting in creamed icing br of true classical ballet br br Less enamoured with the dance and being impatient br you could not, you'd rather continue to walk in dreary br reality without the edges shining - whereas I need to br drink in all joy and beauty to fortify my heart br br When returned to the darkest parts of reality, the br repetitive dissonance of a grey monotone reciting br litanies of criminal deeds with recriminations has br me buried by it - unable to dream of assistance br br Failure is a testament to the strength of my desire to br reach for spiritual life where my need for roots and br anchors led to my changing into a root anchoring br me without beauty, music and harmony - though br br I listen to song, sway with the dance - beyond life's br metronome slowly comes to a standstillbr br Margaret Alice Secondbr br