REHEARSING

 

First Part

COMPLAINT (Choir)

Lord hear me,
Lord hear my voice!
Listen to the words
Of my complaint!
Oh do not hide your face
In this my time of trouble!


 

What have I done
That they should treat me so?
Humankind,
Ah humankind, unkind.
What have I done
That they torment me so?
Is it jealousy
Of your love for me,
Or despair at being lost
Along the road
So very far from home?

 

Third Part

DANCE OF CREATION (Choir)

Shine,
Shine in the dark!
Shine,
Startling sleepy shadows into light!
Sparkling
Sparkling seeds,
Come let me gather you,
Come let me press you
Into sun and moon and sky!


 

Flow,
Flow,
Waters of Heaven,
Squeezed from the clouds
Rushing down to the deep
And the waves,
Rolling and cresting,
The waves,
Rearing up
Thundering down
To be one
With the solemn ocean again.

 

Seventh Part

GODS (Choir)

Gods you will be,
So the serpent did say,
As gods you’ll be
If you eat
Of the fruit
Of the tree.
What is a god,
You asked,
And what are we?
You said
A god must be
What we are not
And creation
Must be a plot
To keep us human.

© 2017 . Nature's Complaint . Philip Carleston