I finally wrote the spoken word piece that will open my dance. Its title Arrival signifies coming to terms with the knowledge of self and knowledge of circumstances I’ve acquired through my journey. The flow of the poem mirrors the flow of the dance piece as the trials that come along with growth and cycle breaking are addressed. It depicts the hard but oh so worthy road to liberation and it goes as follows:

It’s the way I’m still pushing 

It’s the way I’m still fighting 

It’s the way I’m still trying 

Even when I don’t want to 

It’s the way that I am loving the process

Even though…….. 

That wasn’t always the truth 

And even though days are still mighty hard

And even though the walk can still be real lonely 

I know

That it is the right path 

For many others before me were lead astray 

For the way 

That my mother cries 

That my grandmother cleans 

And that my sister compensates

For all the things, they wanted to be 

But didn’t know they could 

I AM

Because of what they were 

And what we are

Is POWERFUL.

                                                Arrival

                                         -Ra