Today, September 10th, is World Suicide Prevention Day. "What Makes Us" is dedicated to saving lives. Please view, comment and share. Special thanks to actresses Melody Chase and Sydney Chandler, music by Mattia Cupelli, and especially to Adam McInnis, creative director and videographer.
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David Kerr, composer and founder of Integrity House (alcohol and substance abuse rehabilitation treatment program in Newark, NJ) was so inspired by my poem, Freedom’s Song, that he, unbeknownst to me, composed music to bring Freedom's Song to life. With conductor Jason Tramm, orchestra, choir, narrator Jacqueline Anabwani, and James Manno of JAMMAN Productions Recording Studio, Freedom's Song is now in rehearsal. Freedom's Song will be recorded with full orchestration at the prestigious Ocean Grove New Jersey Great Auditorium on October 2nd and is scheduled for debut in Spring 2017 at a World Peace Concert. Please read the poem below. Truly, poetry has wings!
Freedom's Song All life’s people sing their cry To render hearts open wide To see and honor precious soul To honor Life’s Creation Created by Creator of One and All How then do we kill one another? Prayers for Freedom’s Day Every day and Everywhere For Everyone in the World Freedom's Day is Now Pray to hear the deepest call Beyond illusion and not knowing Beyond not caring and unfeeling Beyond imagining hate can ever Speak for Love For Life holds Every Spirit in Her arms Rise up all voices Soar high like birds Beautiful across the sky Cry out for the world to hear I am mother, I am father! I am sister, I am brother! I am here and I belong! Do not take my Life away! I Am That I Am is Life taken form And Love is the only language Inside us all a child’s heart Inside us all a child’s hope Inside us all a child’s song Pray we listen to Life’s cry Songs of pain fueled anger Songs of yearning from loss Of hope and understanding Prayers for life, joy and peace Beyond human misunderstanding And brutality that feeds on death Pray we honor Thou Who Art Highest Upon High The Soul of the World Elixir of Life Freedom weeps for life's annihilation When Spirit Souls die each day Their own Songs of Freedom Dead upon their lips Rise up all voices in heart's sorrow Let praise ring out for Freedom's Song Be strong and never stop singing Until Freedom reigns true For One and All Until Freedom reigns true For One and All All life’s people sing their cry To render hearts open wide To see and honor precious soul To honor Life’s Creation Be strong and never stop singing Until Freedom reigns free For One and All Until Freedom reigns free For One and All Diane Kaufman, MD Independence Day: July 4, 2016 Days of Sorrow: July 5, 6, and 7, 2016 Arts Medicine for Health & Healing |
AuthorAs a child, Diane Kaufman wrote in her grade school composition that when she grew up she wanted to be a "medical doctor or a medical drawer." Her passion as expressed in poetry, story, and art seeks to inspire positive transformation, to help "humanize" our life experiences, to increase our connection with each other, and bring awareness of Arts Medicine as valuable in promoting and nurturing health, healing and well being. Archives
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