Dancing Without Rehearsal

I expected Life
to unfold
a certain way.

I welcomed
what I wanted,

and questioned
everything else.

I tried to learn
the steps
before the music began,

to follow
a choreography
Life had not yet created.

No wonder
I was exhausted.

There are no steps
to learn
in advance.

Uncertainty
is what makes
the dance
a dance.

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