The Prime of Creation

The prime of creation:
6 dancers
3 white and 3 black
3 American and 3 Ugandan
all born of hope and possibility
choreograph a cheer to the 44th President
spelling the letters of change with glee
bare feet stomping out the past
on the earth that mothered us all
before continents shifted into difference
and we became "I" and "you"
the rhythm is old
the words are new
sweat drips hands clap bodies writhe
ecstatic beginnings of an uncertain end
where once-upon-a-time a preacher dreamed
stands reality smiling

*this poem describes a dance piece that will be a part of Uganda's National Dance Week the last weekend in February - yes I'll be taking to the stage in a dance/drama performance!