Letter to a Friend

Song Cycle by Andrea L. Reinkemeyer (b. 1976)

Publisher: Andrea L. Reinkemeyer (external link)

2. In Winter  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
If I am the woodpile, be the field mouse
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3. Letter to a friend on the return of spring  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Soon, love,
our world will be
all bloom again—

I will listen
across town for
the lilacs unfolding

the way I listen
to your breath
go deep and steady

after another long day
of singing yourself
into being—

after brutal winter
when you want only
to rest your voice

I will hold back branches
so you might see
the flowers’ new faces

and remember
how it feels
to open

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  • by D. Allen , "Letter to a friend on the return of spring", subtitle: "for my chosen family"

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