“Dancing is My Passion” by WITS Student Ivy Lorca
December 2, 2021
Dancing is you
with me
floating on the sea
with the sunshine
on your face
like you’re on stage
with the lights on
finding your way back
but you can’t leave
Dancing is like poetry:
the song never ends
Poetry is like the beat
of the music
when you dance
like an echo of a voice
asking you to dance
You always say yes
like you can’t resist
like the moves your teachers say
you already know
with your heart spreading wide
like they don’t know
Dance is poetry, they’re both alike
on the beach
You are going to the sea again
Everyone’s watching
but I don’t care
Find your way back to fresh air
Dancing is my passion
as you can see
With me on the stage
setting all your worries free
Ivy Lorca wrote this poem while a student at Dearborn Park Elementary School with WITS Writer-in-Residence Samar Abulhassan. Ivy read the poem to open our Poetry Series event with Rita Dove on December 3, 2021.