This poem was commissioned by composer Ola Gjeilo and the Carthage College Women’s Ensemble.

Here’s a link to a performance vid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLHiTggVPAw

I RISE!

©2010 by Charles Anthony Silvestri

 

I rise!  

And in my rising,

I sing the coming of the King!
Banished are my doubts and fears,

Like great storm-clouds dawn-scattered;
Arise! Rise up O King divine,

And speak to me a wisdom

That only You can fathom,

My inner Self, my Soul, my King,

Arising deep within my heart.
The Cosmic Wanderer

Returns from Within

At this, the Dawn of Grace.

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