Last Dance

Last Dance

When the summer wind blew across the sea
Whispered secrets came calling to me.
The sky was full and the stars were bright
Because there was no moon to shine its light.
The spirits danced across the waves
And played upon the sand
A shadowed smile whispered to me as I took his spirit hand.
A mystical lullaby was sung on a breeze
As I danced with the spirits the crashing waves tease.
Onward I danced through the hours of time
Knowing their magic was soon to be mine.
I am danced into the waters
My life’s end becomes clear
But no worries are upon me
I shed not a single tear.
In the tide came as the morning drew near
Little by little the stars disappeared.
I was lifted to beyond the sea
As my last breath was taken
My body floated with ease.
The first beams of light turn my body to sand
As the waves took it in like a welcoming hand.
My soul took on light with no regrets
Let the past live as my body rests.
An old part of me became part of the earth
Another cycle began
Like a golden new birth.

By Windy Lisardo
Feb. 26, 1994






I wrote this poem when I was 18 and still in high school.
In most cases with writing, words like this just flow out of me. Its almost as if they come from somewhere else. I can't stop the words and I must write it down. I am pulled to do so. In most cases I end up with something like this. Later, I read this poem at my Grandmothers funeral.

PS. I usually write at night.
PPS. Photography also by me, Windy Lisardo