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
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
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