Get On Up Day – April 27th

One day might do.

Just ease into it.

Tap a hand.

Jiggle a toe.

Sometimes, that’s all you can do.

That’s all right.

But your head might begin to nod.

Your shoulders want in on the action.

Dance still might be too much -

Air guitar, air didgeridoo -

whatever it takes.

Just give in to that movement.

If you are scared,

go into a room.

Turn out the light.

Play the music through headphones,

or make it up in your mind.

It doesn’t matter which.

Once you’ve got it,

Dance.

Let joy animate your limbs,

heart beating out your rhythm,

each step bearing witness to your existence.

Hips slide expertly,

or not.

But do it

not because it’s a holiday.

But because it’s a heck of a lot fun.

Art used with kind permission of the artist: 

Gatekeeper (a detail from one her paintings in the Faerie Ritual Set) by Francesca De Grandis 

Song Choice: Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon
This poem was created from a prompt offered by Magaly Guerrero for NaPoWriMo (Day 27: Making up cheer: A poem about a holiday you made up)