Tessa Ransford OBE, Hon.DUniv (Paisley), MA, Dip Ed
Poetry Practitioner and Adviser
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  True Story

I'm going to dance the night away
the dark the tedious faceless hours
I'm going to love my life today
reclaim delays and detours

The dark the tedious faceless hours
when no image carries me
within its passionate desires
and I forget my true story

When no image carries me
into the life I must demand
but I drudge on patiently
in vaguest hope of some reward

Into the life I must demand
I take the hint 1 take the lead
get up to dance and take the hand
take a turn and find the beat

I take the hint I take the lead
I take the floor I pirouette
I am dancing till I'm dead
my sun arisen image set.

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