A Bloom from dark places
We are in the midst of a drought here in Florida, all grass and flowers withering and crumbling here. I see my friend's peonies blooming in rich North Carolina soil, these blooms, full and beautiful, for a brief but lovely season. And on this May Day, where we celebrate bloom, I celebrate this blossom, a dance choreographed by my daughter.
During her young pre-teen and teen years observed the slow withering of life as her grandmother, my mother, lived with us and the diagnosis of Alzheimer's. My daughter named this piece "Help". Out of the years of watching her beloved grandmother decline, and our family's growth in caring for her, and out of her co-choreographer's mission trip to an orphanage in India, this piece was born.
How lovely this bloom flowers from parched and dark places.
"Help" Choreographer: Lauren Mogg
Baylor Dance Company
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God knows what is hiding in this world of little consequence
Behind the tears, inside the lies
A thousand slowly dying sunsets
God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts
I guess the loneliness came knocking
No one needs to be alone, oh save me
People help the people and if you're homesick,
give me your hand and I'll hold it
People help the people
Nothing will drag you down
Oh and if I had a brain, Oh and if I had a brainI
'd be as cold as stone and rich as the fool
That turned, all those good hearts away
Birdy, Songwriter: Simon Aldred
People Help the People Lyrics Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Flowers by Bev Walker, A Loose Leaf Life
A thousand slowly dying sunsets
God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts
I guess the loneliness came knocking
No one needs to be alone, oh save me
People help the people and if you're homesick,
give me your hand and I'll hold it
People help the people
Nothing will drag you down
Oh and if I had a brain, Oh and if I had a brainI
'd be as cold as stone and rich as the fool
That turned, all those good hearts away
Birdy, Songwriter: Simon Aldred
People Help the People Lyrics Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Flowers by Bev Walker, A Loose Leaf Life
peopleand if you're homesick, give me your hand and I'll hold itPeople help the people Nothing will drag you downOh and if I had a brain, Oh and if I had a brainI'd be as cold as stone and rich as the foolThat turned, all those good hearts awayBirdySongwriter: Simon AldredPeople Help the People Lyrics Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLCFlowers by Bev Walker, A Loose Leaf Life
God knows what is hiding in this world of little consequence
Behind the tears, inside the lies
A thousand slowly dying sunsets
God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts
I guess the loneliness came knocking
No one needs to be alone, oh save me
People help the people and if you're homesick,
give me your hand and I'll hold it
People help the people
Nothing will drag you down
Oh and if I had a brain, Oh and if I had a brainI
'd be as cold as stone and rich as the fool
That turned, all those good hearts away
Birdy, Songwriter: Simon Aldred
People Help the People Lyrics Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Flowers by Bev Walker, A Loose Leaf Life
peopleand if you're homesick, give me your hand and I'll hold itPeople help the people Nothing will drag you downOh and if I had a brain, Oh and if I had a brainI'd be as cold as stone and rich as the foolThat turned, all those good hearts awayBirdySongwriter: Simon AldredPeople Help the People Lyrics Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLCFlowers by Bev Walker, A Loose Leaf Life
God knows what is hiding in this world of little consequence
Behind the tears, inside the lies
A thousand slowly dying sunsets
God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts
I guess the loneliness came knocking
No one needs to be alone, oh save me
People help the people and if you're homesick,
give me your hand and I'll hold it
People help the people
Nothing will drag you down
Oh and if I had a brain, Oh and if I had a brainI
'd be as cold as stone and rich as the fool
That turned, all those good hearts away
Birdy, Songwriter: Simon Aldred
People Help the People Lyrics Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Flowers by Bev Walker, A Loose Leaf Life
peopleand if you're homesick, give me your hand and I'll hold itPeople help the people Nothing will drag you downOh and if I had a brain, Oh and if I had a brainI'd be as cold as stone and rich as the foolThat turned, all those good hearts awayBirdySongwriter: Simon AldredPeople Help the People Lyrics Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLCFlowers by Bev Walker, A Loose Leaf Life