Sender's Dance -- In The Wake of Sin

by Typomouse

This poem is first, formost, and for all purposes, inspired by a scene from FFX, where we see the Sending Dance Summoners preform when people have died. It is also, though, secondly, dedicated fo the 9-11 victims, and Lady Liberty. Thank you.

Sending Dance -- In The Wake of Sin

It came like a shock out of nowhere,
It left nothing where it had been.
It was poisonous,
It was maddening,
It was like Sin.

It struck, it wiped away,
It dumbfounded, and it destroyed,
And in it's wake, there was:

Sadness,
Grief,
Pain,
Death,
Suffering,
Silence.

And now in the wake, standing on waves,
Staff raised in the air as others give praise,
As others look on, unable to speak,
She lifts her hands, with a smile that is weak.

And she dances.
She carries on, where others cannot,
She is there to bless what we have lost,
She sends them onward to where they can rest,
Because it's when in grief that she dances,
She dances the best.

Though a great tragedy against the people is wrought,
Though it looks like a great wear shall be fought,
Though it looks like we cannot ever win,
She will keep on smiling and praying against Sin.

Because she cannot give up on her people,
She must keep her head lifted high.
Because she cannot let them down,
She must go on though she would die.

And she dances.
She carries on, where others cannot,
She is there to bless what we have lost,
She sends them onward to where they can rest,
Because it's when in grief that she dances,
She dances the best.