. >>> we are with reverend donna ivory. we talked about creating a new in the last segment of her book. i wanted her to read a poem that i think would be so important during this christmas season. which we look for the new and the christ child. and dancing with pain has been her story. this poem expresses that. share that with us, donna. >> this poem goes with the painting, dancing with pain that has me dancing with a body of broken mirrors. dancing with pain. i do not choose to have pain as my partner. following my every step. bending my body to its intention . holding me always with cutting arms. tripping me up to fall fully into its blunt, harsh, body. reflecting distorted and exaggerated aspects of me. i do not choose to have pain as my partner. for three years now i have grown into knowing this partner of mine called pain. i have caught on to distant and above a stunning, suspicious secret about pains way. why the secret? perhaps the face of pain is so gruesome my fear runs after pain. pain follows rhythm. i step forwa