for the world to be better. . .

Space for Performing Arts

a place in which to perform,

to become another in a story,

so real, it must be created and written,

and on the stage—

  a place in which to dance,

the kinetics themselves to tell the story

inherent in the muscles, the heart, and the brain,—

a place within which voice and instrument

can carry us off with them, 

music a key to help us get into 

deeper, wider, older places we need to visit, 

places that touch us at our core—



and how wonderful it must be to have a gift,

and then the will and opportunity to let it out for others,

for me I love to watch the magic trick

of knowing a young person

and then watching him/her transform

into what the play, the dance, the music 

needs to become real,

Clark Kent becomes Superman,

Diana Prince becomes Wonder Woman,

I love to watch, and help, the hesitant become assertive,

the gifts hidden within to reveal themselves upon a stage,

and the world to better for there is 

space for the performing arts.

by Henry H. Walker

November 6, ’14