Just One More Dance Poem by Cecil (cj) Krieger

Even though the dose
Was much more
Than anyone should take
He took it freely
Any without a second thought
And he waited
And waited
Until suddenly
All the pain he carried
For so very long
Was gone
And the tears came forth
As though someone had unlocked
An ocean door

For the first time
In over twenty-five years
He walked outside and danced
And there was nothing
That anyone could have done
To stop this very old man
From laughing as he danced
Until the medication was spent
And the pain returned
While from that day
Until the last day of his life
He couldn't stop telling everyone
How wonderful it was
To dance
Just one more time