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SATB Choir and Piano, 4:00
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by Joshua Rist
Here is where my grieving wanes
As I lay down the corpse of my old name
A new song is rising
Deep in the breath of a waking mind
An ever expanding horizon line
Where loss and birth are intertwined
Here on the ground where I’m standing in bare feet
A bush in a desert lies burning before me
Pulsing questions, coursing through me
Here on the shore of a heavenly ocean
My mind is illumined and my spirit reopened
Here the Cosmos asks me
Who are you
Who will you be
Here, around my dreams and doubts
These questions I must live in and live out
The veil of distraction
Covering over my inner eye
The cataract of our design
Is lifted by the morning light
Here on the ground where I’m standing in bare feet
A bush in a desert lies burning before me
Pulsing questions, coursing through me
Here on the shore of a heavenly ocean
My mind is illumined and my spirit reopened
All I am and all I’ll be
My thread inside this tapestry
Who are you
Who will you be
As I open the door
I feel the wild wood beckon once more
Who are you
Who will you be