You were a pioneer
You left a legacy
Giving voice to aspiration
Accessing blood memories
Your dance an inferno
Your energy supersonic
The majesty of Ailey
Liberation embryonic
The power of Revelations
The riptides of Cry
Dance transcending time
Movement a subterranean fire
You died at fifty-eight
You died with open secrets
Your gay identity
The cocaine and the virus
Your choreography thrives
These portals to blood memories
Animating the black experience
Redefining the American legacy
Inspired by Alvin Ailey and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2025
