Pantoum

As I dance wildly in the rain,
I smile up at pouring skies,
My heart beats with the storm’s rhythm,
Singing along to the notes I hear,

I smile up at pouring skies,
I twist and twirl, leap and laugh,
Singing along to the notes I hear,
My heart is filled with joy,

I twist and twirl, leap and laugh,
Feeling the droplets soak my skin,
My heart is filled with joy,
My head finally clear,

Feeling the droplets soak my skin,
I don’t mind at all,
My head finally clear,
I have become myself,

I don’t mind at all,
I splash through the mud,
I have become myself,
And that is why I’m smiling,

I splash through the mud,
That’s something I haven’t done since I was a child,
And that is why I’m smiling,
Because I am myself, again,

That’s something I haven’t done since I was a child,
I tell myself quietly,
Because I am myself, again,
I can finally be set free,

I tell myself quietly,
I am perfectly imperfect,
I can finally be set free,
I can live my life,

I am perfectly imperfect,
My heart beats with the storm’s rhythm,
I can live my life,
As I dance wildly in the rain.