Hold It As You Would The Sand 

Part of the wedding cantata that I composed for my own wedding in 1987 to Sydney Williams. It was actually composed in 1983 as part of a song cycle, and was fully arranged for orchestra to become part of the Wedding Cantata. This is another song that found its way to my "Harlem Voices: Revisited" musical.

Tonality - 100%
Difficulty - Moderate

Hold It As You Would The Sand

Hold it as you would the sand.
Feel it like the wind chased
Through a meadow by a storm.
Come before it as you would an altar,
Bringing only the laughter of your soul.

(orchestra)
Take time to see it,
But don’t look with your eyes.
Know the cup before you taste,
And then drink deeply.
Set a place for pain and joy,
For these are its fruits.

(orchestra)
Follow where it leads,
Looking only at the light.
Open your heart to the music within…
It knows the song to sing.
Both before, and after it comes,
Love wants you to
Hold it as you would the sand.
Feel it like the wind chased
Through a meadow by a storm.
Come before it as you would an altar,
Bringing only the laughter of your soul…
Of your soul.