— Dawn —

2008

Commissioned by Choral Arts (Seattle), artistic director Robert Bode

Published by G. Schirmer, Inc. more info

Dawn

From the door’s soft opening
And the day’s first sigh,
Filling the room,
I see before me
A life of doors,
One opening on another,
Doors upon doors,
And sighs upon sighs,
Rising in a tide of mornings,
Rising, until that final sigh,
And the last morning,
And the last holy breath,
Whispering “this…”

Robert Bode (b1959)