Randy Klein, Composer & Pianist

I Want To Write

A Poem by Margaret Walker

I WANT TO WRITE
I WANT TO WRITE THE SONGS OF MY PEOPLE.
I WANT TO HEAR THEM SINGING MELODIES IN THE DARK.

I WANT TO CATCH THE LAST FLOATING STRAINS FROM THEIR SOB-TORN THROATS.         
I WANT TO FRAME THEIR DREAMS INTO WORDS; THEIR SOULS INTO NOTES.

I WANT TO CATCH THEIR SUNSHINE LAUGHTER IN A BOWL;

FLING DARK HANDS TO A DARKER SKY
AND FILL THEM FULL OF STARS

THEN CRUSH AND MIX SUCH LIGHTS TILL THEY BECOME A MIRRORED POOL OF BRILLIANCE IN THE DAWN.

Listen To I Want To Write 

Watch the performance featuring Aurelia Williams and the James Madison University Chorale.  Double Click to make it larger.