I went to a retreat day where I was asked the question “What is the God who’s inside of you saying to you? And I looked and my God was dancing.

 

JOY

I’ve got a joy that dances inside me

that whirls and twirls

with exuberant ribbons   

to spirited strings.

 

And on my sunshine days it bursts out

In an enthusiasm of laughter and praise

or through the clouds

you’ll still catch the tune

and feel the rhythm of it.

 

Even when my days dawn in darkness

it rumbles like a lap-sitting cat’s contented purr

and I hug it to me

until the light breaks through,

this forever joy that dances inside me.