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Welcome, welcome, sounds the song,
Calling, calling clear;
Always with us, evergreen heart,
Where can we be but there?
Matthew:
I’ll nd all the love I have longed for,
e home that’s been calling my heart so long
So soon I’ll be cleansed in those waters,
My fevers forever be gone;
Where else on earth but these waters?
No more, no more to be torn;
My own ones, my dearest, are waiting—
And I’ll weep to be where I belong.
Welcome, welcome, sounds the song,
Calling, calling clear;
Always with me, evergreen heart,
Where can I be but here?
Recitation X
e fence has been torn down.
The Fence (after) / The Wind
prayed upon
frowned upon
revered
feared
adored
abhorred
despised
idolized
splintered
scarred
weathered
worn
broken down
broken up
ripped apart
ripped away
gone
but not forgotten
e North Wind
carried his father’s laugh
e South Wind
carried his mother’s song
e East Wind
carried his brother’s cheer
e West Wind
carried his lover’s moan
e Winds of the World
wove together a prayer
to carry that hurt boy home
prayed upon
frowned upon
revered
feared
North Wind, South Wind, East Wind, West Wind
(Splintered, scarred, weathered, worn, broken down, gone)
Winds of the World: carry him home.
Pilgrimage
e land was sold and a new fence now stands about yards away. People
still come to pay their respects.
—Jim Osborn, friend of Matthew Shepard
I walk to the fence with beauty before me
e Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want
I walk to the fence with beauty behind me
Yit’gadal v’yit’ kadash
(may his great name grow)
I walk to the fence with beauty above me
Om Mani Padme Ham
(Om! the jewel in the lotus, hum!
)
I walk to the fence with beauty below me
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit
I reach the fence surrounded by beauty
wail of wind, cry of hawk
I leave the fence surrounded by beauty
sigh of sagebrush, hush of stone
(Beauty above me, beauty below me
By beauty surrounded)
Still, still, still, I wonder....
wail of wind, cry of hawk
Still, still, still, I wonder…
wail of wind, cry of hawk
Still
still
still
•••••
EPILOGUE
Meet Me Here
Meet me here
Won’t you meet me here
Where the old fence ends and the horizon begins
ere’s a balm in the silence
Like an understanding air
Where the old fence ends and the horizon begins
We’ve been walking through the darkness
On this long, hard climb
Carried ancestral sorrow
For too long a time
Will you lay down your burden
Lay it down, come with me
It will never be forgotten
Held in love, so tenderly
Meet me here
Won’t you meet me here
Where the old fence ends and the horizon begins
ere’s a joy in the singing
Like an understanding air
Where the fence ends and the horizon begins.
en we’ll come to the mountain
We’ll go bounding to see
at great circle of dancing
And we’ll dance endlessly
And we’ll dance with the all the children
Who’ve been lost along the way
We will welcome each other
Coming home, this glorious day
We are home in the mountain
And we’ll gently understand
at we’ve been friends forever
at we’ve never been alone
We’ll sing on through any darkness
And our Song will be our sight
We can learn to o er praise again
Coming home to the light …
Thanks
Choir: ank you
Listen
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings
we are running out of the glass rooms
with our mouths full of food to look at the sky
and say thank you
RAVINIA MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER 10 – SEPTEMBER 16, 2018
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