I WAS BORN by Alicia Anabel Santos

I WAS BORN~ Is a multimedia one-woman show about seven remarkable women that Lia, a reporter from the United States meets during her travels. I WAS BORN~ takes you on a journey through the labyrinth of Latin America where seven brave women bring you into their world. These women represent the strength of the Latina experience. They were BORN to tell THEIR STORY.

Performed by Meriam Rodriguez, Jennifer "Skye" Cabrera, Jenny Perez, and Alicia Anabel Santos in honor of womyn all over the world~

This video was a special night the Womyn Without Voices event at the LGBT Center, on December 14th, 2010... We performed the one woman play as an ensemble. Stay tuned for dates in 2011 where each actor will perform the entire show on their own night.





Peace and LOVE~
Alicia

The Best of PANIC! Holiday Book Fiesta!

Happy Holidays everyone… I’d like to invite you to a special book release party tomorrow. It’s a wonderful anthology put together by the very amazing Charlie Vazquez which I am thrilled to be a contributor in (several writers in the NYCLWG are also featured).

Hope to see you there! If I don’t see you - -

Happy New Year!

May 2011 bring you one step closer to life you want to live!!!
Peace, light and LOVE, Alicia

Wednesday, December 29 • 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Venue: Nowhere
322 E 14th St (1st/2nd) - FREE - 21+
New York, NY

Host Charlie Vázquez and Nowhere are thrilled to present "¡The Best of PANIC! Holiday Book Fiesta!" which kicks off a little earlier than the readings do; we'll start percolating around 7:30 this time. We'll feature a brief reading showcasing a few of the writers featured in "The Best of PANIC!" anthology (lineup being kept top secret!--starts at 8PM sharp), and we'll even celebrate the season and all of the fantastic writers with a bona fide Puerto Rican dinner buffet after the reading wraps up--to launch a casual meet-and-greet for all the writers and their admirers...Christmas with Hector LaVoe style...plus this book rocks!

It's also photographer and antho contributor Nívea Castro's birthday!

To reserve a copy of the 216-page anthology, please RSVP to:

firekingpress@yahoo.com (contributing writers get discounted copies)

All other info/ordering: http://www.firekingpress.com/

Today feels so different for me~

Today feels so different for me…
You know when you MUST
make a decision that you know feels right...
in your heart
Is the right thing to do..
But still
For a moment
You doubt yourself
You worry that what you let go of
May never return to you

Today feels so different for me
I am in love with a man
But I can’t……….
My heart aches
I hear our cries
Something inside dies
With him part of me was born

Today feels so different for me
Our story has been written
A beautiful play
completed
Performed
Off
Off
Broadway
125th Street
Air mattress

Today feels different for me
She sleeps like a child
Something is missing
Him
Gibraltar
My safe place to rest
like a child
head on his knee



Today feels different for me
loving you freely
gender not mattering
but deep down
there is TRUTH
love comforts us
carries us
we
staring at a blank page
once filled with a lifetime of stories...
Jewish
Dominican
New York
Yankees
Bagels
Burgers
Brooklyn
Harlem
Graduation day
Heartbreak
Tic Tac Toe

Today feels so different for me
Living life on instinct
Feeling deeply
This truth hurts
How can two people who are perfect for one another not match?






H A N G M A N

No one understood
And we liked it that way
The most important part of your day
We will love you


Today feels so different for me
He’s gone
Understanding
TRUTH
Love
The kindest eyes
Gentle
tender
patient
MINE
Ours
Us

Today feels so different for me…
I am questioning LOVE
Its meaning…
What it looks like
The gender of love
We saved each other
Lifted the other
Pushed one another

Today feels so different for me...
The air under my wings
We already knew how to fly
Flew over the Brooklyn Bridge hand in hand
Palisades
Coldspring
Asbury Beach
Trains
Ferries
First date
6am
May 22nd
LOVE

Today feels so different for me…
I would miss you
I already do
Our last night
I can’t imagine a better ending
We’ve been looking for each other
Forever
The gift wrap is torn
I’m bleeding all over my white dress
He searches for home
It’s been inside her all along

We are a force kid~
and
WE
will
love
you~