On the night of November 8th, 2016, I felt as if I was in a different world. I saw cheers of certainty, but also saw tears of uncertainty. I felt numb by the reality of the moment we were in, win or lose. I felt at a loss for the days to come, or for the words to speak. Everyone was watching each other, waiting for something to happen. We were all still in this moment. We were all feeling something that night. The following day, I went to my theater class. We came together and sang, moved, and voiced our certainties and uncertainties. We moved throughout the space to express our love, our life, and human condition. I needed this. I needed a safe space to create with my artists.
Have Your Voice Heard: Become an Odyssey Creator
My Professor asked us to finish this sentence, "My America Is..." To me, My America is this,
My America is
My America is scared
It has brought fear to be dared
A tear in all our hearts
Filled with fears of being broken apart
We share insults from ridge to ridge, on how to build the same bridge
My America is going to be the land of the free, and home of the brave
We will have the resilience and the determination, to be a great nation
My brothers and sisters, my teachers, my artists, my friends, we will create a world of trends
Filled of love, and compassion, in the greatest fashion
Muslims, Latinos, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans,
LGBTQ, Disabled, will can all be able to make this great
We have a voice, filled with power, in the greatness for desire
A desire for rights, love, and hope
We don't have to cope
How dare someone tell you to cope
Don't leave America, believe in America
I believe in you
We can make this right, both equal for us, too
Inform, make this be the norm
That we have a right to be free, despite those who disagree
Make them see what it means to believe and make that choice to be the voice of reason,
Don't riot or burn the flag,
Burn with passion
Burn with love
My America is under attack
Through the lack of knowledge and composure
You can't treat me like that, sir
Our gender and our race
We have a lot at stake, and there cannot be any mistakes
This America is not worth these risks and fates of human beings
We all need to quit being inhumane
My America, will be filled with love and understanding, so we can stay standing
My America, is your America, an equal one, we will strive for that
Let no one take you away from that
I wouldn't be okay with that
It wouldn't be okay
It has never been okay.
