Beneath the moon alone I dance <br /> to music only I can hear <br />Though other folk may look askance <br /> and turn away to hide their fear. <br /> <br />They fear me ‘ cos I don’t conform <br /> to any rule they recognise. <br />The say I’m mad when I perform <br /> my shuffling dance beneath the skies <br /> <br />I may be mad but I am free, <br />more free than they will ever be. <br />For what they see as sanity <br /> a subtle form of slavery. <br /> <br />They must conform to some set norm. <br />They are afraid of liberty. <br /> Their life a role which they perform <br />albeit most reluctantly. <br /> <br />Until the pressure got to me <br /> I used to be a college grad. <br />A nervous breakdown set me free. <br />Insanity is not too bad. <br /> <br />I dance alone beneath the moon <br /> to music no one else can hear. <br /> I caper to a lilting tune <br />My dancing drives away my fear. <br /> <br />Sometimes I can talk lucidly <br /> and demonstrate intelligence <br />But all too soon the clarity <br /> fades into incoherence. <br /> <br />I do no harm to anyone. <br />I represent no threat at all <br />But peoples fears still linger on <br /> which they conceal behind a wall. <br /> <br />Pretending they’re indifferent <br />They do not try to understand <br />the reason I am different <br />They just dismiss me out of hand. <br /> <br />I am obsessed compelled to dance <br /> to every moonlight rhapsody. <br />Recovery, there’s little chance. <br />Please show a little sympathy. <br /> <br />It could be you instead of me. <br /> That’s forced to dance beneath the moon <br /> to some compelling melody. <br />Believe me it could happen soon. <br /> <br />You are compelled to seek success. <br />The stresses grow too hard to bear <br /> and all your efforts to impress <br />dissipate into thin air. <br /> <br />Then you will learn to be like me <br />Free from all the stress and strain <br />escape into insanity <br />Because you overstrained your brain.. <br /> <br />04/06/2009 <br />http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/moon-dancer-2009/
