Dance Like There's Nobody Watching Poem Analysis

Living a life unconstrained by restrictions can be both emotionally and physically freeing. There is a poem written by Shelley Barge that explains someone’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention and circumstance. Being able to do whatever you wish, without fear of being different is something that should be strived for. There is a great quote by William W. Purkey that reads “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching. Love like you’ll never be hurt. Sing like nobody’s listening. And live like it’s heaven on earth.” This meaning of this quote is to live life to its fullest and to express yourself without the constant fear of judgement from others. In the past, the common belief was that being gay is a sin to humanity. Being gay can …show more content…
But it is very important that you move past their judgement and harsh words. While creatively empowering, living without restrictions by convention can lead to conflicts with others, especially those in power.

When I was younger, I had a best friend named Jacob. He was quite an ordinary boy, he got good grades, played soccer and had tons of friends. But I could see that Jacob had a secret. You see, Jacob always had a sort of look and feel about him, one that would not generally be associated with a teenage boy. He didn’t care for drinking, or partying or doing dumb boy things. He preferred hanging out with me and my friends. One day in grade nine, Jacob told me that he was gay. I felt honoured that he shared his most important personal information with me. However, I could see tears forming in his eyes and bruises up his arms and legs. Jacob then told me how that morning, he decided to …show more content…
This was shortly after he told his father. Jacob was recently abandoned by his father and he was trying to cope. Jacob played soccer on one of the best soccer teams of his age. He was a solid defender that scored some great goals. Since the incident involving Jacob’s father, Jacob started to play worse and worse. His coach understood his circumstance and helped him get through. Still heartbroken from the abandonment of his father, Jacob was cut from his team. Out of nowhere, Jacob got a call saying that he was not good enough for the team. I was outraged that the head of our club would do something so indecent to a young man, going through one of the worst moments of his life. The head of our club was a man who, along with Jacobs’s father, was a man born with those same beliefs. Similar to the person mentioned in the poem by Shelley Barge, the head of our club was in a position of authority over Jacob. This power and authority was used to its full extent when Jacob was cut from the soccer team. Jacob respected this man because he was in a place of authority, but this man abused that his power and discriminated against