music arises from depths unknown
often without words but never without meaning

and spirit rises from deep within me
seducing my body to join the song
first a tremor in the soul, then tapping of toes
breath aligns with breath, heart beats in syncopation
and a stuttering buzz in my throat becomes a hum

breath with breath, beat with beat
and music and spirit arise together!
wed with faith and hope and love and pow’r
a song is born, bursting from my lips
in sweet, sonorous symphony

a melody joining with other souls
perhaps in tune, perhaps not
but a song still, arising from deep within
and from... community

spirit moves, soul births song
and hope fills life
and I am not alone
how can I keep from singing?