No One Dances Anymore

The rain falls and washes away this feeling of anxiety and being overwhelmed.
As each new drop splashes on my face I breathe deep and exhale, letting go of all that has consumed me
I am a broken man just trying to make it each day on my own, always forgetting that life wasn't meant to be lived alone.
All my life I've been searching for a love that's been there since birth
All this time spent trying to avoid dying a meaningless death I've been living a mediocre life
We seek out false loves, pleasure themes, and get rich quick schemes
We miss out on the most valuable, the most cherishable moments in our life
We eat so we may not perish but forget to be grateful for our food
We run from place to place trying to get there faster and faster, continually forgetting to stop and just breathe in this precious air

Laughter is contagious and shared between a group of friends over drinks brings joy and rest to the heart of the laugher
We are so caught up in purpose that we forget to enjoy life
No one goes dancing anymore, except at weddings
An act of letting loose and self expression that should be practiced more often than it is
A danced shared between two people, whether a slow dance where they hold each other tight or a swing where lovers throw one another across the room, is a bonding that is unlike many moments people share
Poetry has dried up. Shakespeare is dead.
Romance is a word that was never meant to be expressed by teenage vampires
Love isn't dead but our expressions are weak and dying
Relationships are on life support as the funds dry up and people forget how to just enjoy each other
What has become of our great love stories?
Where love often meant selflessness that kept two people from actually ending up together
What happened to no regrets and enjoying the life we've been given?
Maybe we weren't meant for greater things but for greater love?
Maybe our life spent chasing riches is really just an endeavor to live without fully loving
The greatest moments aren't about the trips and fancy meals but the people we get to spend them with
The greatest feelings of joy come from weddings and births and reconciliation
And our deepest, most painful moments of disappointment come at the end of ones life and we think about all that we didn't do or say and how we'll never be able to express our love to them again

God forgive us for the sins of omission
Forgive for all the times we ignored your voice
The simple hug we didn't give or the dinner bill we should have paid for our friends
Forgive us chasing the American dream and not chasing after your dreams for us
Forgive us our hardened hearts and our lack of love

Let us dance in the rain and sing at the top of our lungs
Let us turn a corner and live a life worthy of retelling
We are a passionate people with a fire unquenched
We are the writers of sonnets and plays, of songs and scripts

Let love consume us as we move forward into a new thought of living