poem from MASTER WORKSHOP @ WELLESLEY COLLEGE

Here, Iyeoka Journeys to Wellesley College one week after presenting a concert at the Multi-Faith Center. She guides participants into a free write collaboration that introduces the first three sentences of this poem. She challenges herself along with participants to accept an invitation to create a current anthem.

Impractically, water becomes roses.
Roses create vessels for spontaneous collecting clouds.
We slide in-between—effortlessly.
And perhaps this is why we come
Bending in these rituals
Finding joy in the trees that appear
As dark shadows in the backdrop of a grey sky
Finding joy in pretending there is a grand piano
creating music somewhere in the distance
Finding joy in believing ANYTHING is possible
That ANYWHERE is exactly where you can find yourself
Knowing that this time—THIS time…
I will find my way.

-Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo