Never Become a Dancer

Never become a writer
Write to get the fever down
because the words come tumbling out
Write to return the river to the sea
and feel the center of the earth

Never become a scientist
Wonder because you don’t know
Explore because it is so beautiful
Look because the world is before you, falling at your feet
and you can’t look away
Search because love leads you
to try

Never become a musician
Make music to save your self
Sing at the sky because it is so wide
because your voice flies up into the air by its own will
Sing because you can feel the stars singing back into you
because you can feel it comfort all the lost souls
Bang on the drum because your heart knows
for all the infinite yeses out there
Pull on the strings because they ring out the truth of your soul
Make music because your longings will go unanswered
but while the tone is going your thirst
will be quenched

Don't become a dancer
Dance because you are free and wild
because the beat is running up your spine
Dance because you have to
Because you want to
Because God loves you
and forsakes you