I didn't know that freedom meant
allowing grief to strike as it pleases
I didn’t know that freedom meant
both at choice and surrendered
I didn’t know that freedom meant
staying low in liminality
I didn’t know that freedom meant
not holding onto anything
I didn’t know that freedom meant
continually raw and at risk
I didn’t know that freedom meant
finding security within uncertainty
I didn’t know that freedom meant
recollecting the here and now, in every heartbeat
I didn’t know that freedom meant
sobriety…capability through humility
I didn’t know that freedom meant
a forgiving open stance
I didn’t know that freedom meant
withdrawing all extrapolation
I didn’t know that freedom meant
keeping faith and trust in the body
I didn’t know that freedom meant
yielding
to not knowing much of anything
Andiamo! performing the tammuriata at the 2023 NYC Dance Parade