Everything is seeming pretty unreal to me right now, particularly expectations...my own and those of others as well.
I've been a dancer since the age of six, but I've learned some new ones the past couple of years.
- There's the dance that will take you too close to the fire, and if you resist, you can be left alone on the floor...which is still better than being in the fire.
- There's the dance where he takes a step toward you, but for every one you take, he steps back two, then begins again. This one is the most difficult to understand.
- There's the dance you expected to be tango, but it seemed like something happened to the fire, so you stepped off the floor, only to learn that the fire was there all along.
- And then there's the dance where he takes your hand and leads you to the floor, matching you step for step. You think this is a dance you should finish or at least stay for the whole song, but at this point you're not sure you recognize the music.