“Rewritten”
by Kyra Birkner
December 2022
feeling happy yet want to cry
at home but i’m lost
sleeping every day yet more exhausted
busy with nothing to do
a passion with nowhere to show it
feeling everything and nothing at all
just sleep away the pain
empty days turn to months and soon passed a year
tired of being tired
looking through a screen is boring
my brain is full of blank dreams
should I do something or contribute somewhere?
wish I could dance
it’s hard to care with no motivation
i want to be doing something…anything
all i want to do is sleep
my body doesn’t hurt
i’m feeling healthier and weaker
growing older
how does one happen to learn so much and absolutely nothing
A new mind is gifted
with a different outlook on the world
Ideas overflowing out of my mouth
There’s too much to do
Too much i want to do
it’s been about 2 years
my life has been rewritten
feelings are different
the world is different
my body is different
everything is different
everything has a new meaning
stage has a new meaning
i’m my stage
where my two feet touch
wherever my eyes wander
breathing in inspiration
while movement flows through my veins
the stage was never interrupted
my mindset was holding me back
Kyra Birkner is a senior in high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in the contemporary dance department. Kyra started dancing when she was three years old, and at age seven, she joined Greensboro Dance Theater at the recreational level. At ten, she started dancing competitively, and she danced competitively for seven years. She studies and explores all types of dance and loves doing it. She has been awarded several scholarships, judges awards, and first overalls at numerous competitions. Dance has changed her life in a way that words cannot explain. She tries hard to do her best and is willing to try anything new. She is attending Oklahoma City University for commercial dance and continuing her exploration into dance.