dancer in the dark

I see with my ears
and hear with my heart,
I’m blind when it’s silent
whether in the day or in the dark.

A tear may fall
when no one sees,
darker than the darkest
is the sound of it.

Into the endless pit it falls
till it touches the surface of my soul,
in quietness I hear
the liberation of the imprisoned echoes.

The echoes resurrect remembrance
of many forgotten songs
and I begin to dance in the room of my mind
where every step of mine never goes wrong.

I dance like falling autumn leaves
having an affair with the wind,
the melodies fill my heart
with colours I could only imagine.

Endless are the ripples
in the cycle of life:
spring, summer and winter chill-
a thousand colours in my mind.

I hear the time ticks away
with every beat of my heart
I breathe in the colours of the air
till the day my body and soul depart.

inspired by the movie, dancer in the dark, watched in 2003