NuevaJess's blog: "NuevaJess Poems"

May I have this dance?

Sometimes your secret unspoken prayers

are answered, but it is often long after

they have been disregarded as any real possibility.

Destiny never could keep timetables,

her dance card already overflowing

with the partners that will be interviewed

before hitting your dance floor.

You see it takes eons of scheduling to coordinate

all who will touch your life and when.

From family members to school teachers;

from relationship partners to friends, and even the sales clerk.

Each and every connection brings you

either closer or farther away from yourself

with the eye always on the ultimate prize.

But you see, doing the two-step backwards is sometimes

necessary to get to a particular point of destination,

so even your mistakes are never missteps.

Whether you are the wallflower one day

or the belle of the ball the next,

you are exactly where you need to be.

So take a deep breath, smile, and look around serenely,

for the music is always about to start and you want to be ready.