There’s something about restless nights
late night visions and soul searching
Full moons and planetary alliances
paint crimson the outer rims of sleep
Stumble aimless on the hills
made of blisters from the burns
of unkept promises and half loves
but I never give up the journey
On the very edge of reason
is an echoless canyon
sunken land between two worlds
one of being one of dreaming
Razor cut by life’s river
bled to free me from unknown
the canyon is ever deepened
by fear of the disease
It was there I was leaning
fearless of the edge
the stale air of comfort
wrestled winds of adventure
Yet there upon the edge
of the echoless canyon
I measured out each of my breaths
like little puffs of smoke
And like every stubborn bird
She perched lifeless on my back
62 times the perigee moon
with only her wings to keep me warm
In my final moments calm
just before the warmth of dawn
it was then I fully awoke
as never had I awoke before
Why force to perch
that which was built to soar
not free of burden
but fueled by it
No more shall I simply be
drenched by their sorrow
so I woke the beast on me
and taught my albatross to fly
My grace of wing matters not
that’s the price of disbelief
and now my burden is my flight
for judges score the landing
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Laura Nadine Hickson was born on Feburary 28, 1977 in Decatur, Georgia. She was raised in Lilburn, Georgia the youngest of four siblings. At age 3, Laura began dance lessons,along with her sister Rain, at the Atlanta Dance Works. Laura immediately took to tap and seemed to have a strong on-stage presence. She danced alongside her teachers Barry Thomas (from Broadway's A Chorus Line) and Patrick McCann (from Broadway's Mame) in feature performances and in a yearly Christmas ballet called La Boutique Fantasque. At age 10, she began to take violin lessons with Stefanie Graef (Rollins) Carr. As a student of the Suzuki Method, Laura progressed quickly. She was touted by locals as a musical prodigy for her ability to play songs after only hearing them once and her adult like musical expression. Over the next few years Laura received high praise and recognition for her performances including two Georgia state titles.
Laura's first film project My Violin Cries (2009) was developed for a film competition at Agnes Scott College. A psychology major with no prior film experience, Laura borrowed a video camera from the college and went to work. Laura worked as the director, actor, writer, composer, film editor and performed the entire soundtrack. My Violin Cries won Honorable Mention at the ASC Film Festival.
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