A song plays in my mind this evening.
I hum beneath my breath.
Standing there, beneath the stars, the moon shining over me.
I lift my face to it and laugh.
And once again..my lips vibrate on the song.
My arms raise and my hips move, softly at first.
My smile turns into laughter.
The grass is cool beneath my feet, I stand on my tippie toes and move my body.
It is as if I am making love to the wind...
Becoming lovers with the cool breeze.
It tickles my skin like the soft lips of a man.
My hands raise and I unpin my hair.
Once my hair was bone straight, but now it twists and curls about itself.
I can feel it move against my hips as I move them to the music.
My fingers thread through..My hands bury themselves inside the warmth of my curls. I lift it and bare my neck to the breeze.
My feet tap against the ground.
My back arches and I turn my body in circles.
"Hey Lady" I turn and Maria watches me.
I laugh and move about her. My hips moving, my arms raising.
"Dance Maria." I laugh and move my body.
She laughs and stares at me, a smile across her face.
I move away from her, and back beneath the young ash tree that I planted 6 years ago.
Its leaves blow and sway in the evening...much like my hips.
My eyes close and my teeth bite at my lips.
I open them again and Maria is gone.
I smile and humm again...the song never leaves my mind, it is one I have never heard before this night.
