by Nikita Gill (b. 1987)
You Have Become a Forest
Language: English
One day when you wake up, you will find that you have become a forest. You have grown roots and found strength in them that no one thought you had. You have become stronger and more beautiful, full of life giving qualities. You have learned to take all the negativity around you and turn it into oxygen for easy breathing. A host of wild creatures live inside you and you call them stories. A variety of beautiful birds rest inside your mind and you call them memories. You have become an incredible self sustaining thing of epic proportions. And you should be so proud of yourself, of how far you have come from the seeds of who you used to be.
Text Authorship:
- by Nikita Gill (b. 1987), "You Have Become a Forest", subtitle: "for Emily Lancon" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Melissa Dunphy (b. 1980), "You Have Become a Forest", 2018, copyright © 2018, first performed 2018 [ soprano and piano ], from Four Poems of Nikita Gill, no. 3, Mormolyke
Score: Mormolyke [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-02
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