My Heart is a Dancer
Originally published in the book My Heart And I: Spiritual Reflections, 1952–1959, published in 1987 by St. Bede's and available from Madonna House Publications.
My heart Is a dancer...It dances AwayIts life Sad or gay...
It dances in shadowsIn shadows...It dancesIn lightBut alwaysIts lifeAway...
My heartIs a dancerNow abandonedAnd gay...Now lostIn a mad whirlOf griefOr hope...But alwaysDancingIts lifeAway...
My heartIs a dancerTo musicThat men doNot know...It followsThe songOf the windIn the leavesWherever it goes.But alwaysIt dances itsLife away...
My heartIs a dancerTo the songOf flames...And the musicOf snowAnd of rain...But alwaysIt dances its lifeAway...
My heartIs a dancerThat weavesA designOf loveAnd desiresThat takeBirthIn pain...But alwaysIt dancesIts life away...
My heartIs a dancerOf passionThat spansTimeAnd eternity...But alwaysIt dancesIts life away...
My heartIs a dancerGracefulAnd lightLike theBeam of theSun,Or the darknessOf night!But alwaysIt dancesIts life away...
My heartIs a dancerFor thenIt can singIts hymnTo the loverThat is not there...But alwaysIt dancesIts life away...
Dance myHeart!DanceAnd singFor only indeathWill you knowHimTo whose music you sing!
-Catherine Doherty
