Susan Hawthorne #129 dance the trata

dance dance dance

dance the trata in your

red white and black garb

dive down dive down

dive underground

dance dance dance

dance the trata

for bread and pomegranate

dance as did the women

all those millennia ago

who remain still

on the tomb 

of the dancing women

dance a zigzag

dance the weave of a basket

dance the stars and spirals

            inwards

            outwards

enter the labyrinth

with the young ones leading

dance as if your life depends

on the dance

sing with the old ones

sing out your strong voices

voices that hold the world

sing like swallows

twittering to bring spring

dance dance dance

sing sing sing

dance the trata
sing the spring

The trata is an ancient dance from Eleusis, danced during the Eleusinian mysteries which were performed for around 2000 years prior to the arrival of Christianity. Persephone leads the dance.