Take A Chance And Dance

Take A Chance And Dance

A Poem by Pete
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We have the Saint Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still. - Thoreau

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What Does Living Water Mean in the ...

hypnotized
mesmerized
underutilized
baptized
well regarded and highly prized
free for the taking and unadvertised

an unmitigated trance
a time to take a chance
advance and enhance
a strange circumstance
a time in life to stop, take stock and refinance
listen to what your soul and body have to say as you sway and dance



© 2025 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"A strain of music reminds me of a passage of the Vedas, and I associate with it the idea of infinite remoteness, as well as of beauty and serenity, for to the senses that is farthest from us which addresses the greatest depth within us. It teaches us again and again to trust the remotest and finest as the divinest instinct, and makes a dream our only real experience." - Thoreau

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Added on December 12, 2025
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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..