You Inspired Me to Dance

I’m not one who is normally up for dancing
Content to myself I keep to the side
Watching other people take their spot on the floor
See them move with their partners, dip and then glide
Secure as a wallflower I held my strong perch
But it was you who inspired me to move
You were not content to dance all alone
So you pulled me into your own groove
I was unable to refuse you; I was transfixed from the start
By the way that your dress clung to your figure
You then beckoned me on with the sway of your hips
For just but a moment I was frozen and lingered
Once one foot set out the other did follow
I tried not to think it too much
Just let it flow and follow your lead
Responding to the sense of your touch
It wasn’t a moment the dance floor was clear
All around me but you had but vanished
Through the melody we continued our dance hand in hand
In a spirit that would leave me soon famished
The heat from your body up against mine
Brought forth emotion I had long since thought dead
The look in your eyes made me feel more the man
Who had discarded any past fear or dread
When the music had stopped I did not know when
But our dance continued on its own
Then the world had returned to my view all around me
Where I realized through their expression we were done
You held my hand sure and then kissed my lips
Saying so much without saying a word
Then disappearing forever to where I know not
Who you were I had never once heard
You inspired me to dance and now I go on
I continue to move on my own
I tango with others and make my own song
Because of you I have gone on and grown
Even though the one who sits out isn’t me
I still remember that man
Who for that one moment in time had learned how to dance
Feeling passion that you touched and began