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"Crossing" for TTBB chorus and piano

We bridge broken wood,
repair the rotten slats that creak.

We restore the lifeless vine,
braid vitality from decay.

The way of crossing is never easy,
someone always looks down. We tremble

knowing how far we can fall. We question
who or what will cushion us. We feel our frailty.

We love, as tremors rock earth,
bound in devastation & slow transition.

We love, the way erosion
paints complex striations.

Vulnerable, the way exposed mountains
remember being covered by the ocean.

Oh, how we love, through each disaster,
Praise us, how much we risk
with every reach.
Text: Amir Rabiyah (b.1978)
Text published and reproduced with generous permission from Amir Rabiyah: amirrabiyah.com

Seattle Men's Chorus
Paul Caldwell, artistic director
Mari Esabel Valverde, conductor
Evan Stults, piano

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