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B.E. Boykin
Graphite Publishing
Holding the Light
An expressive and powerful piece with an urgent message for our times.
for SATB choir and piano
The story Boykin tells in “Holding the Light” is one of healing and finding metaphorical light in the global community. Her piano accompaniments urge the singers on, representing time and providing momentum.
Text
Gather up whatever is
glittering in the gutter,
whatever has tumbled
in the waves or fallen
in flames out of the sky,
for it’s not only our
hearts that are broken,
but the heart
of the world as well.
Stitch it back together.
Make a place where
the day speaks to the night
and the earth speaks to the sky.
Whether we created God
or God created us
it all comes down to this:
In our imperfect world
we are meant to repair
and stitch together
what beauty there is, stitch it
with compassion and wire.
See how everything
we have made gathers
the light inside itself
and overflows? A blessing.
-Stuart Kestenbaum, from Only Now (Deerbrook Editions, 2013).
Copyright © 2013 by Stuart Kestenbaum. Used with permission of the author.
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