Visionary

3/19/2017

Last night, I went to the James Sewell ballet at the WMPAC

On arriving, getting situated in my spot

I immediately ran into John Bauchman

I haven’t seen him in over a year

He was our original partner 

In the Hungry Moose building in Town Center

It was very nice to see him

a bit intense

His wife Patty had a stroke over a year ago

I knew nothing about it

John looked great and told me that Patty was doing well

It was hard to talk to him because my voice is so soft 

And WMPAC is so loud

There were others I ran into as well 

I told everybody to please feel free to text 

And visit me at home when possible

The ballet was awesome.

I found the first half very soothing

I had trouble keeping my eyes open

The dancers were so fit

Their performances were flawless

The ballet after intermission was very intense

It was futuristic, robotic, digital

The body work was stiff, abrupt and unnatural

It made me very anxious and lasted way too long

Being who I am and watching these amazing bodies 

Using muscles that I didn’t know I had when I was healthy

It was too intense for me

By the end of the show my body was so stiff

I could hardly control my chair

I needed to go home

Somehow I made my way out of WMPAC

Candice took over the controls of my chair 

Got me up the ramp and into the van

While she was pressing the button to pull in the ramp

Hannah stepped on the ramp

Thank God she didn’t fall 

and stumbled her way into the van

She looked at me intensely with tears in her eyes

She said to me, I am so happy to see you at the show

You are a visionary

You have the opportunity to see the world 

in a different way than anybody else

You are a visionary

It was a very intense way to end a very intense evening