I want to know
if you can be with joy,
mine or your own;
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers
and toes without cautioning us
to be careful, be realistic,
or to remember the limitations
of being human.

I want to know
if you can live with failure,
yours and mine,
and still stand
on the edge of a lake
and shout to the silver
of the full moon,
"Yes!"
Excerpt, Oriah Mountain Dreamer

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Dolphin Moon
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Copyright ©2000 Royce B. McClure