Dancing Man - Emma Ruth Rundle

Time sweeps

Remembering you

Spin in the garden, in roses not red

Peach were the petals there instead

Poised in perfumes, anointed in blue

The orphans can smile for an afternoon

Keeps a balance, my gentlest friend

I know you from Adam, I’ve known you

All I’ve known of love, all love

All I’ve known of love, all love

There in Summer and there again in Spring

Shoot me down, Chinatown

And you’ll wear your makup and I’ll hide my mess

The urchins parad in their Sundays

Tear of Sodom and tears wept for Troy

But for you, friend, of joy

I see you there, dancing man

I knew you could sing all of your poetry

All love, all I know of love

All love, all I know of love