The Charge of the Lord of the Dance

Whenever the voice of the Earth is lifted in song, whenever your soul aches for union, call my name--I am Lord of the Dance, and I am the wild tribal beat of your heart.

Free the serpent of your spine, delight in your earthly senses--for yesterday is a lesson learned, tomorrow is yet unwritten, and only in the present moment can you feel My rhythm. My music is the turn of the seasons; my lyric is the endless cycle of days.

I am the stolen kiss, the gaze across a crowded room, the tangle of limbs the morning after. When you learn to love with a whole heart and live your deepest passion, you will know Me and never fear darkness--for I am the shadow that follows the flame, the far side of the Sun, and the most desperate desire of your heart.

I who am the tremor of the thunderdrum and the graceful moonlit flight of a stag--I dare you to stand up and not to stand aside. I am the first step of a thousand, the sweat of a thousand more, and the courage to move at all. I bring the ecstasy of the unchained soul found only through the ecstasy of the body.

Wherever you gather in the love of Nature, I rejoice among you. Whenever you honor the spirit within, whenever you dance the dance that is yours alone, you do so at My fire. I am Lord of the Dance--take My hand and step into the rhythm of the Infinite.