Looking in

What fun to be even a small part of this NYC Immersion experience! Nancy Young here -  Mitra's friend who had the privilege to meet most of the students during my short stay.  What a positive, thoughtful, talented group!  My thank you for so openly sharing your experience with me is a poem - with this understanding - poems are never really finished even though they look that way once posted. May you have a great final day, a safe trip home, and much joy in the years to come! 

Immerse!

Which is to

“involve oneself deeply in a particular interest”

or

“dip or submerge in a liquid”  

Eyes wide!

What cup of possibility brews for you here 

in this hot mix of talent, tones, tension, tongues?

Is this the flavor of your future?

Weave through the pretzels and push carts

among the hucksters and shisters

past the gilded tower of Trump

this place reserved for 

Mercedes drivin’ preachers immersed in conversion

Your barista may soon be a star

here career paths are

crooked as those in the Park

How will you find your way?

What is so special about you the City asks!

Stand clear of the open doors please

just 

for 

a 

few 

beats 

Is this the right train?

With everything whizzing by

stop

look inside 

where something stirs that should 

never 

change

Your script, your step, your score, your sound, your soul

that makes you soar above

how the world may define you

Hold on to your 

Original Soundtrack

familiar yet fresh each time

And you’ll make it anywhere...