I needed this face to face time with you. I needed this jumping from topics people from our past lives, memories of our high school crushes, discussion of our life changing loss. I needed this face to face embrace, our hearts, the sound of our laughter one. Letting loose, letting go, witness of our present bodies. The support, seeing you in the audience Changing Hands, connected. Thank you for hearing me, Kira Dawn.
I notice the steps. In every snip there is release. I see the beauty. In each strand there is natural me. I move through history. In my curly style, I am with different pieces of myself, my parents, my friends, jobs, poetry performances. I see Alamogordo, Las Cruces, Craig, Belen, Hell’s Kitchen, Jersey City, Brooklyn, Astoria, Forrest Hills. Chop the back Lift the sides Shape Shorter Shorter All around Clip clip Cut cut We can stop here. We know these are good places to be.... But if I don’t go further I can’t keep growing. Thank you, Me, for letting me go. Thank you, Judy, for helping me reach new places. Plateaus Within myself and Out in the world Discovery Hiker I Mountain climb. Feel the back Fingers Tussle my own hair Grinning, I am moved by this change. In this new dance I will partake in new Opportunities Move in and through Doors I am a warrior goddess With all of me And beside all of you Beautiful souls to be wi...
Rain doesn't stop Grief Or Desire to pursue Push through Dance in freedom To be In the streets of Soho Out the door of Broome Street And Crosby The intersection of this chapter Of my life Traffic backed up Horns blaring Lights blurring Like our stories Our strengths Running to get to the other side Of being In the wet wonder The race to rush Exhilaration No one is stopping me I am me I am parts of my parents I am individually In me-ness Meeting you Holding your Hand My friend As you see Navigate The streets Of your own world Alive I will go out In my tears Singing in the rain
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