Multi-coloured tiles

on an elevated          platform;

Bring forward what you've got, and

             let's battle

Transform our worries on the dance floor

into moves       that match

               the beat

Step left

                Right

Smash those keys

Follow the directions on the screen

When you're ready

                close your eyes

Find what's bursting inside, and

               Let it out for others to see

                           Who you are

                Who we are

As friends               as strangers

As a community of half-alive teenagers

Laughing and pointing figures

              (our messy way of bonding)

                                                arcade screens

                            and dancing lights flickering

So brightly

We'll light up the entire city

                          and learn that this

                   is what it's like to grow up.

Dance Dance Revolution is literally the only thing I'm half-decent at, at a Playdium. I miss the movie theatre that was replaced.