Steps to a Dance

The music keeps the time
of tango in Argentina
a foxtrot on the eastern seaboard
polite applause
and the sweep of skirts
twirled in a dance
formal and light by turns
time is the rhythm
the keeper of our steps
helping us to make our steps
with grace
and the poise we never know we possess
time as the conductor
to the orchestra we live – Caroline A. Slee