Chorus of Light

forged by light. 
 in a dark world shaken 
  grounded in grace.
  in our many colors, timbres, and cultures. 
 we voice in unity and suspend our sonic identities. 
 grounded brought back to the basics of:
 breath 
  learnt again humbled as a child 
 how to breathe amidst obscurity 
 the greyness 
 at the break of day 
 fear not the shadows that fall about us 
 
always connected from two sources:
 the earth and the stars 
 release the sound to float towards the heavens and reach in a more noble posture than that which is our selves. 
 grind our feet into the depths of the seas and the mud of the earth. 
 searching endlessly for fuller breath 
 and fuller peace 
 
see not that which is an affront 
 but rather the unfathomable seas 
 and the hallowed feet of muddy earth 
 
In this room . . .
 sound shakers 
 agents of change 
  moving energy, physically audibly 
 we push and we pull 
 and if you stand very close 
 hear the chords lean and 
 the parts glide and float 
 sing very close 
 our partners we feel 
 the soft gentle pulsation of dissonant air 
 when the mind and soul come into consonance  cultivate sounds into stories of  love and chiaroscuro
 the balance of light and dark 
 constantly we seek a balance  
 a choir 
 is a community of light 
 into the dawn and dusk 
 we carry sounds and sentiments 
 connected to the earth and the sky 
 we feel all sounds 
 resonate with people, nature, and the symphony of sounds 
 that is our communal life 
 a world that began perhaps founded on strings
 or sacred breaths.  
 
un coro es una comunidad de la luz 
 lleva en la oscuridad 
 entre de la penumbra y crespesculidad 
 levantamos 
 conectada a la tierra y el celeste
 sentamos todos de los sonidos 
 la resonancias de la gente, el mundo, la vida 
 
apaga la luz 
Turn on the lights 
 For it's too dark in here 
 cast out the darkness and sorrows 
 with the sweetness of ethereal strings 
 and voices controlled by the ticking of the deep 
 
apaga la luz 
 cántanos 
 it's too dark in here 
 there's too much fear 
 sound the harp!
 sound the chords 
Let them fill this room just like a cathedral 
 Gather the chorus to
 call out the darkness 
 with the songs of our hearts