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Joan Szymko
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The Journey
Evokes the emotions of any great life passage; with all that is left behind and all that is new.
SATB, piano
“The Journey” is a spacious, tender and evocative setting of a brilliant poem by David Whyte. Penned to honor the courage of a dear friend who was leaving a long standing marriage, it evokes the emotions of any great life passage; with all that is left behind and all that is new. The imagery in opening lines were inspired by images of the Pacific Northwest where Whyte lives.
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Above the mountains
the geese turn into
the light again
painting their
black silhouettes
on an open sky.
Sometimes everything
has to be
enscribed across
the heavens
so you can find
the one line
already written
inside you.
Sometimes it takes
a great sky
to find that
first, bright
and indescribable
wedge of freedom
in your own heart.
Sometimes with
the bones of the black
sticks left when the fire
has gone out
someone has written
something new
in the ashes
of your life.
You are not leaving.
Even as the light
fades quickly now,
you are arriving.
-David Whyte
“The Journey,” Copyright ©1977.
Used by permission of David Whyte and Many Rivers LLC.
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