{"id":425,"date":"2018-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/maillard\/?p=425"},"modified":"2018-11-10T22:37:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T03:37:06","slug":"affirmations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/maillard\/affirmations\/","title":{"rendered":"Affirmations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2012, Sweet Honey in the Rock received a commission to create an orchestral piece with composer Bill Banfield. This is my aria. <\/p>\n

Just a note: this is the original poetry and the lyrics are rendered to fit the musical score. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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DREAMS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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DREAMS AND POSSIBILITIES<\/span>
CAROL MAILLARD<\/span>
\u00a92010 4Jagadish Music<\/span><\/p>\n

PRELUDE:<\/span>
This is my life<\/span>
Why I\u2019m here, I still don\u2019t know<\/span>
So I stay on the search for meaning<\/span>
Live all of me, grow \/go with the flow<\/span>
There are things I\u2019ll always remember<\/span>
And things I can never explain<\/span>
Memories that are ever expanding<\/span>
Of passion, of peace, of pain<\/span>
Many glorious days behind me<\/span>
Life moves onward<\/span>
No stop signs ahead <\/span>
Love, keep me dreaming forward<\/span>
I am here with no regrets<\/span>
Alive, YES! I am alive<\/span>
Alive, and brilliantly undone\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/span>
(I\u2019m) Shooting off loud noises from my body<\/span>
Giving out shockwaves from my soul<\/span>
My dance is the dance of Shiva<\/span>
My Song is the sound of Om<\/span>
Cutting through the air shattering ev\u2019ry atom I touch<\/span>
I fly, see me fly\u2026<\/span>
There is power in the believing<\/span>
Faith in the seen and the unknown<\/span>
I am Alive. I am here.<\/span>
And I am brilliantly undone<\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/span>
Some say slow down, stop dreaming,<\/span>
Your time is almost done, it\u2019s much too late.<\/span>
But who can name my destiny?<\/span>
Who can say what is my fate?<\/span>
When I\u2019m cutting through the air, shattering every atom I touch<\/span>
I fly, still I fly<\/span>
Dreaming of possibilities<\/span>
That are mine to realize<\/span>
Dreaming of possibilities \u2013 Alive<\/span>
I am here<\/span>
And I am brilliantly undone<\/span><\/p>\n

Bridge:<\/span>
Beautiful as I am and always will be<\/span>
Beautiful as I am and always will be<\/span>
Ashe, Ashe\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/span>
Heart on the horizon, poised to take flight<\/span>
Touching the air in the dreaming night<\/span>
Affirming my power, confirming that I am<\/span>
Sometimes life falls apart and back together again<\/span>
Power in the believing<\/span>
Faith in the seen and unknown<\/span>
Keeps me moving forward<\/span>
Grateful for how I have grown<\/span>
I am here, I am alive<\/span>
And I am brilliantly undone.<\/span>
Dreams<\/span>
Dreams<\/span>
Possibilities and dreams<\/span>
Dream\u2026<\/span>
Ashe` Ashe` Ashe\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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