This month I am participating in Laura Shovan’s February poetry project on Facebook. The theme this year is Time. This beautiful collage made by Linda Mitchell was our prompt on Monday. So much to write about, but I focused on the couple dancing. This weekend my husband and I were dancing to one of our favorite bands, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys at an event at the Acadiana Center for the Arts. Opportunities to dance have been few during the pandemic. We were a little rusty, but so happy to be out there again. A nearby friend captured a photo of us on the dance floor.
Time in a Picture Frame
The photographer shutters the moment
mid-glide of a waltz.
You were smiling at him
in the way a person whose known someone for a long time-
familiarity mixed with joy.In your mind’s eye, the planets spin an orbit of protection.
No matter what,
the photo
will always show joy.You do not know when loss
will reveal something else hidden there-
a child looking on
or the tail of an astronaut’s lifeline.Today it is enough
to smile.(c) Margaret Simon draft
Reflections on the Teche 
oooooh–look at. you with joy on your face dancing with your partner. And, I see that word, enough, in there. Beautiful response to the prompt. Here’s to good surprises today…and maybe even a dance tune.
Like your poem Margaret! Time goes by effortlessly dancing with your sweetheart and just what you need to smile.
Fran
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“savor the difference”
How fun! But this isn’t all about joy as your poem goes much deeper than that. I like the space references and want to know more about the astronaut’s lifeline.
Linda’s collage is stunning, and it’s been fun to read the varied poetic responses. How wonderful to see you out there dancing!
Love the joy in the picture and the poem. The familiarity of love. Synchronous movement. Precious!
Margaret, every time I see a photo of you, you have a joyful look on your face. Your family warms your heart and lets you spin an orbit of protection and warmth. Your poem finds detail from the collage to enrich your thoughts. I hope you will have more dancing time with your husband in the months to come.