Reaching Back from Here

Poignant and lyrical, commissioned in remembrance to honor a beloved founding director. Szymko's setting of the poem by Nancy Wood conveys the healing that accompanies releasing the past, with all its pain and beauty.

Item	Voicing	Duration
JS-106	SATB	5:00	Audio file		$2.75

Commissioned by

Good Company, A Vocal Ensemble

Mixed Choir

Difficulty

Moderate

Reaching Back from Here

Nancy Wood

Reaching back from here All that I remember of my life Are the great round rocks and not The unimportant stones. I know that I experienced pain and yet The scars have healed so that I am like the tree covering itself With new growth every year. I know that I walked in sadness and yet All that I remember now Is the soothing autumn light. I know that there was much to make my life unhappy If I had stopped to notice how The world sings a broken song. But I preferred to dwell within A universe of fields and streams Which echoed the wholeness of my song.