Dancing Alone

Dance with the one that brung you
and you dance alone. (misheard song lyric)

I got here all by myself,
doing just fine – for the most part.
I’m respected, admired.
I keep people laughing,
the life of the party.
Just a little advice, guidance
in the addiction, but for the rest
I’ll dance the dance I know.

I sit here among you, see love
but dismiss it in case it comes
with strings. I sit here lonely
longing to feel the love, to share —
if I give up control, you say,
it would be mine. I dance alone,
then, now. I don’t have to?
Could I dance with you?