Dance my child dance
    while yet still young.
    learn to dance
        to the music that you hear
        to the silence if you must
But dance my child dance
    while yet still young.

Let not the years erase
	from your mind
    the blessed music
	to which you move now.
Let not the jealous laughter
    nor the futurism of others
		stop your joy.

Dance my child dance
    while yet still young
		(Nov 11, 1981)