Eat Don't Smile

On your Birthday

Remember

A slice of Birthday Cake

Does not 

Add any calories

But

it does tickle

And that

 Causes wrinkles

so

Happy Birthday

Eat 

All the Cake you want

A New Day Is Born

My time is near

To disappear and leave

I am ready

To dance a tango

Over the rainbow

Where a pot of gold is waiting

For me to take

Surrendering its worth to me

As the day draws short

And

My time to leave

Becomes apparent

As the clouds above me

Practice a farewell dance

To me

A Tribute To Betty Gentry

Come dance with me

Let’s move with the music

Its okay

If you don't have rhythm

Its okay

If you have two left feet

 It’s still good exercise

Come let’s do a time step

Come

Let’s travel across the floor

Using a grapevine step

Remember

To move with the music and always smile

We all have a dancer in us

So

Come join me in dance class

And

Let that little dancer in us

Break out and shimmer

As the stage lights silhouettes each of us

As we cross the vast dance floor

Like a ship out at sea

Let’s celebrate the art of dance

Let’s make some noise and applaud

The great accomplishment of Betty Gentry

And

How she has taught us how to bring that dancer

In us all

out

Dancing a jig

As the spot light

Highlights our smile

The Show Must Go On

It has been said

A good soul passes from this life to the next

Leaving only footprints in the sand

But

As we all know

There are exceptions

Betty Gentry

Is one of those exceptions

We

Can all hear her whispers

In the wind

As a breeze blows across the stage

Causing

Hairs on the backs of the audience watching

To quiver

She is speaking, laughing, joking and dancing

Through her students

Her legacy lives on

As

Her spirit gently and firmly touches each one of us

Performing on stage

The stage lights not only accent the dance

But they

Underscore the good feeling

We all get

When we smile and try our best

To reject the notion

That it can not be done

Betty did not just leave

A footprint in the sand

She left

A Godzilla size impression of her love for dance in us all

Dance does not stifle our brains

But it energizes it

Just like Betty did and still does

From her balcony seat

High up

In the clouds