Isadora, Carry Me

You loosened the room with a turn of your wrist Bare feet drew a path no map could resist A red scarf falling beside the old chair You stepped through the silence and taught it to flare I was afraid of the shape of my heart Till you made every ending a place to start Isadora, carry me Past the rules that made us small With your arms, set the body free With your love, let the old walls fall If the world says, “Stand still,” we will answer, “Not tonight” You are motion, I am flight Isadora, carry me Between the dance and the light In Paris, the windows were silver with rain You laughed at the pins in my borrowed chain Then barefoot at dawn by the edge of the sea You said, “Love is the courage to move honestly” So I placed both my hands in the heat of your gaze And followed the turn through the rest of my days Isadora, carry me Past the rules that made us small With your arms, set the body free With your love, let the old walls fall If the world says, “Stand still,” we will answer, “Not tonight” You are motion, I am flight Isadora, carry me Between the dance and the light No ribbon can bind what the blood understands No promise is still when it lives in the hands You spun and the century opened its door I loved you in movement, then loved you still more Isadora, carry me Past the fear beneath it all With your arms, set the body free With your love, let the old walls fall If the world says, “Stand still,” we will answer, “Not tonight” You are motion, I am flight Isadora, carry me Between the dance and the light Between the dance and the light I turn, I breathe, I choose the night Isadora, carry me And leave me free