Brand New World

Brand New World
Gloria Attoun (Ah-TUNE)

This old world’s getting out of control with a threat of loss and fear and cold
My worried mind is filled with dread; I hope a new world’s up ahead.

I crawl through the opening into the deep, dark chilled to the bone air Take a big leap
Feel with my hands, Ears open wide Do I feel someone by my side?

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I will not go back.
I won’t lag behind
Feel along the slippery path until I find my way
To a brand new world.

I bring a little spark to my earth’s dark womb
Feel the beating heart of this glowing room
The light goes out- imagine what I’ll see I give my hand to me.

No sound has touched these floors and walls
The urgent voice of time has stalled
One voice singing sounds like trust, One voice can scatter ash and dust.

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Just when the ache has reached my bones
Just when I learn to be alone
Just when I thought light didn’t exist
Just when I thought the path was missed

Up ahead there what do I see
Some weary wanderers like me
Some are crawling, others run
Our separate paths have turned to one.
We take our sparks and make a torch, we turn what strength is left to force
Our whispered words turn into shouts, our hopes and dreams extinguish doubt.

Up ahead there, what do we see
A piece of blue a shimmering tree
The brightest, warmest finest dawn
A brand new world is being born.
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