Still (Original)

A song commissioned for Bluefield High School to articulate the complicated feelings of young people quarantined long-term during their formative years. The lyrics were adapted from the words of the students themselves by their teacher into this beautiful but haunting poem.

Still.

There is Hope in stillness

in sunlight beaming

and time paused

There is Growth in stillness

in pastures green

and fields abloom

There is Relief in stillness

in bells chiming

and soil overturned

And there is Pain

at home in my heart

held close, sunken in

sown in Sorrow

watered through tears

But more so than Grief,

are lessons bestirred

and tenderness prevailing

there is Love in stillness

in healing found

and Faith abundant