Sonnet 400

Come dance with me, Selena dance with me

And we will all our love the world here prove,

With heartfelt sighs and foot light liberty

As with our spirits may our bodies move.

So let me swing you high and dip you low

Then draw you close to whisper in your ear

And whirl you ‘round as arm in arm we go

Now spire you up to show we have no fear.

Let’s spin away the night and moon and stars,

Cicada songs with tunes of nightingales

Shall be our simple homespun orchestras

Until the eastern skies begin to pale;

And love soft ever as the velvet night,

So fade as one into the morning light.

Loubert S Suddaby poems