Dancing Star Poem by Gil Tee

'You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.' (Nietzsche)


Look at me, look at you
How disorganised we are
I don't know what we're gonna do
Or even how we got this far

Some people have their life mapped out
To show them where they're going
They don't have to live with doubt
They've got some way of knowing

Envy them? Of course I do
I'd love to have such self control
But I wonder what it's doing to
The deepest reaches of their soul

So I don't strain nerve and sinew
To be as others are
For you need Chaos within you
To give birth to a dancing star