The Dance Floor

It takes two to tango
It takes insanity for me to dance

An unbelievable, most torturing 1hour of my life.
Dragged by Sis to take a trial lesson in salsa dancing
Ended up with deflated esteem in the world of dancing

Can’t catch up with the beats
Can’t synchronize my body parts- legs and hands swinging about madly
Can’t keep my eyes off my frantic, clumsy feet, despite repeated, stern instructions

I’m so hopelessly untalented that teacher bade her assistant to guide me through, one to one
While the class waltzed through the basics like a bunch of pro
An hour of class… seemed like eternity
Never have I ever wished that time could just breeze through, so feverishly before
And it surprised myself that I was on the verge of giving up, after 10 mins of commencement into the class

I guess I am so used to getting hang of new things easily,
The bottom of a class was never the position I have held before
I know that self-consciousness have prevented me from breaking freely into a dance
Wanting to ace too badly that my body tensed up and refused to move as willed
And I worried
About my posture, getting the precise timing, how I looked, how inept my body coordination was….
Cared so damn much… that I forgotten how to enjoy myself
A lesson learnt but not to be attempted again, any time soon

I met my nemesis
And I shall avoid it for the time being,…

Meanwhile, I shall seek solace in Mraz’s voice

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xe-4e0cE7q0
Life is wonderful~ Jason Mraz

It takes a night to make it dawn
And it takes a day to make you yawn brother
It takes some old to make you young
It takes some cold to know the sun
It takes the one to have the other

It takes no time to fall in love
But it takes you years to know what love is
It takes some tears to make you trust
It takes some years to make it rust
It takes some dust to make it polished

Ha la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life is full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is so full of
Ah la la la la la la life is so rough
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life is full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is our love
Ah la la la la la