A Dance in Time

By Katie M. DeLange

A window, a door- a driveway in view

            I stand here, like so many times already

                        Waiting for him to come home

            I pace the floor, like years before.

Each step, heartbeat, second- Time

                        And still no sign of him.

            I waltz, alone

The kitchen floor my ballroom

            Hear the grandfather clock, my weary metronome.

                        How much longer? Three minutes? Five?

The anticipation lingers on

            I check the clock once more.

            My candle is burning low- childlike hope is fading.

                        How long must I wait?

Surely he misses me too.

            Words ring hollow in my mind

                        He’s on his way.

Oh, the ache and longing for that to be true.

My stomach sinks.

Tears of despair burn and sting my eyes.

            I sigh and walk away from the window pain.

Questions, Why?

            What did I do?

No answers come. The cut strikes deep.

Time Heals All Wounds.

Put it out of your mind. Keep it out of your life.

It can’t hurt you, if you choose to forget.

Steps moving forward

            A beating heart that tries to heal

                        Years- Time

Moving on, rush ahead, don’t look back.

No time to stop and think…

And remember that window, that door- the weight of it all.

Older now, the past is behind.

            But I still find my phantom friend-

                        Asking me to dance.

Just as the title describes, I'm broken inside. These past few weeks have been so trying for my family and I. My mom was in the hospital and underwent some major surgery. Praise God she's home now and is making a progressive recovery. Please keep us in your prayers. Thamk you and God bless. ~Katie

Yeah, so pretty sure that my major is very fitting. Which would be film and video. Maybe all the random facts and tidbits of information can actually be put to use (unlikely but worth a shot). On that note, I finally saw Spiderman 3 in Imax today and it's pretty sweet! Of couse, it should be, with the largest spending budget in movie history (there I go again with the movie trivia). The soundtracks are definitely on my birthday list, and the third movie score was pretty good actually, even though Danny Elfman didn't actually do it this time around. Oh, and there's a Spiderman 4 being talked about, I could take it or leave it right now. And Spiderman is coming on Broadway! I'm sure it'll be... interesting. All I could do was laugh because I pictured the Goblin on a hovercraft singing "Defying Gravity"!! Haha!!

Started up on swing dancing on Tuesday nights again, and LOVE it! It's so much fun!

That's about it right now. Talk to you later. ~Katie