"A New Dance"
 

Arms held high, I spin and turn
  shamlessly,
no matter my age.
Giddy in triumph, I sing
  off key,
I am alive, I am alive.

I sway to new melodies
  loose limbs proudly leaping
to heights unimagined.

Freed from the prison,
  my body a house of pain,
I dance a new dance.

Laughter bubbles from between my lips
  as I sing,
I have survived, I have survived.

Laura Lasala (2002)