The Future of You

A Song from the musical Vanara. Hackney Empire November 2021. Music by Gianluca Cucchiara. Sung by a Mother to her sleeping teenage daughter

We spin and turn like leaves in the wind, dance to a tune not our own

Struggling to change what we cannot control, frightened of dancing alone.

Then from inside comes a flutter of life, warm and exciting and wild

Each tiny beat of an innocent heart, love in the shape of a child

Deep in my body your truth banished doubt

I felt you were changing me here as you grew

And I knew for the first time what life was about

I breathed with the power of two; I lived for the future of you

All the fear and the pain simply melted away

Died, with your kicking inside, and i woke to welcome each day

Full of joy and pride

Deep in my body, your truth came alight

And I knew I would love you whoever you are

Little star in my heaven so precious and bright

I breathed with the power of two; I lived for the future of you.

Now though my body and yours are apart

As you walk and you stumble towards who you’ll be

Every feeling and memory remain in my heart.

So, dream with the power of two. And live, for the future… is you.