CLAIRE MOLLA ripple

Ripple

an experimental ballet by Erik Thurmond based on poems by Johnny Drago

Tanz Farm season III

Rhodes Theatre

of heartless heartthrobs
reflecting up, mirage-like,
through the heat.

of thirsting someone
so badly, you’d sacrifice
your own body for a sip.

our longings ripple outward,
eternal, but seldom ripple back.

in a sun-baked desert of desire,
where gods loom large
over flowers so fragile,

comes to life
in hieroglyphics
an ancient teenage tale.

of lovers lost,
and voices, too.

press from Medium