Heavendance

HEAVENDANCE

I imagine

the dance we dance

through Heaven’s gate

will not be a waltz or fox-trot,

will not be a jitterbug or Charleston,

Macarena, Mashed Potatoes,

Twist, Tango or Watusi,

will not be the Stroll,

Funky Chicken, Electric Slide,

tap, jig, jazz or Cha-cha-cha.

It will not, of course,

be the sensual dance of Salome

with veils and evil purposes

nor will it be as

a performance by Isadora,

Pavlova, Nureyev or Flatley.

I imagine

Heavendance will be

like the Dance of David

of the Circumcised Heart,

dance of the Golden Ark

of the Most Precious Presence.

There’ll be leaping,

springing,

twirls unrestrained,

saints swathed

in rainbow radiance,

tambourines,

timbrels, trumpets

and shouts...

joydance,

salvationdance,

forever and everdance

with the greatest

joyleaps springing

from the Father,

Himself.

Maude Carolan