Dancing Alone

I danced alone, and found myself in tears,
Waiting for you to take me in your arms
And shelter me from struggles and alarms,
Help me to hide from danger, which appears
Too suddenly for my weak heart. Your fears,
Under control, seem more to me like charms
Than burdens, warding off unseemly harms
And chasing ghosts, until the dark sky clears.

I treasured your companionship, the dew
Rising around us when our paths first crossed,
How you insisted you were tempest-tossed,
But I saw wonderful, bright things in you,
So various, so beautiful, so new.
I danced alone, and was completely lost.