givenness
givenness
free-written by the composer
to cherish means to hold in warmth
we are free to do this
to allow for growth
for life already there
to melt the crust
we did not see
to see the life beneath
to melt the crust
we did not know
to know the one within
to see our selves
beneath the crust
and others in between
to see beyond the eyes of one
at night the warmth glows freely on its own
to spread a canopy of fire
beyond the worlds of mystery known
a seed sits in the earth
life shows its way within the rippling arms
of vein and branch and river
the water’s flowing is its own
as blood runs through its member
we have no choice that’s not our own
unless we do not see it
until we enter through
the crust between us
we will not know
what we are lacking
we shall not know
what we are lacking
until that final glow
unless we seek to know it
Credits:
Filmed and Directed by Matthew Langford Josiah Langford, Producer and Editor
Andrew Langford, Artistic Advisor
Daniel Tavani, Audio Engineer
Matthew Langford, Composer
Chad Somers, Tenor
Christopher Kayler, Piano
Nicole Langford, Viola
Matthew Langford, Trumpet & Glockenspiel