Dance so nothing can hurt you
when you dance!
Dance; shake a finger at fear
and kisses to your mother in law
when you dance!
Dance and let those coins jingle and jangle
in your pockets
when you dance!
Dance with laughter in your belly
floating up to the throat
and out to to the world
when you dance!
Dance and let pearls of sweat
fly off ten feet across
from hair tossing
when you dance!
Dance with your children
to make them happy;
teach them to dance,
and forget their sadness
when they dance!
Before there was this world,
there was dance!
~ Kambiz Naficy
