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Dancing with Strangers by wordsmelt

Two things that keep torturing me every time I decided walking around the City is the moment which I have to keep up the phase with people who walk on the same direction as I do but the worst one is the time when you are obliged to dance with the individual coming right at you. I mean is the "Keep Right" sign only for vehicles? Because I'm currently using this method wherever I go. One thing I always keep in mind is that I have to always stay on the left side of the road when wandering around because I learned it from school and realizing it's practical to go along with it. You'll be safer when you have the sight of what might come in front of you. Just always remember to not only limit yourself with that direction because somehow we need to be attentive also from the other side of the road even the recent steps that you took awhile ago. Cause that's how the world works. You have to have an open mind to endless possibilities. Okay coming back to the dancing part. So what truly happens when I came across people who don't, in reality, follow the Keep Right Movement is that we tend to dance in a rhythm nobody will never ever understand even the two of us and it will last for about 3-5 seconds. Imagine the struggle if you have to dance with 4 persons within 10 minutes. You might actually have collided with the other person eventually. At first, it's fine and I always make sure it doesn't bother me in any way making my day more productive than allowing this dancing to gain space in my head over and over and over again. But sometimes I just can't possibly dismiss the actuality of the moment because randomly it'll get in my way. No matter how irritating it was I will always find a way to look in a positive light. I'm telling you what I love about it, I have this female Mexican actress which is my role model who imparted in her recent telenovela that whenever you dance we have to make sure we make eye contact with our dance partner. So basically each time I cross paths with someone initiating the dancing that I'm talking about I tend to look at his/her eyes, maybe trying to read what's gonna be her/his next steps would be. Talking about this type of dancing makes me laugh and smile, crazy right? But I guess it's happening so it's possible you can also experience what I had. Some of my dance partners smile, mostly puzzled just like me. I think some of them loved it too. The quick responsive action to the stimulus. Recognizing differences in what we believe in to be common. Realizing there are hundreds of feet to dance with in the future. In a way or another, I'll just go with it in my own tempo. Maybe, I'll have the chance to dance with not just a stranger but a prospect to become a friend.