Choral SATB Choir,
Percussion
SKU:
CF.CM9792
Composed by
Ethan Sperry. Duration 5
minutes. Carl Fischer
Music #CM9792. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CM9792).
ISBN
9781491164631. UPC:
680160923540. Key: A
major. English. Coty
Raven Morris.
Original.
The text
for Dust came to me
in a season of
reflection. As educators
and mentors to the
generations that come
after us, we have a
responsibility to provide
tools so that others can
shape their future.
Overtime, it can become
easy to lose one's
personal vision for one's
self when influenced by
so many outside factors.
When the pressure builds,
it can almost feel like a
self-reckoning; an
opportunity to build
ourselves again. Though
we are influenced by our
surroundings, we are all
unique in our purpose and
design!These questions of
self-reflection came
first:How much of me
flows from their
blood?How much of me is
built of their flesh?How
much of me is manifested
from their dreams?And
just like our own
identities, the rest of
the poem begin to take
shape. I hope that this
text speaks to you
wherever you are in your
discovery and journey to
your most authentic
self.DustI am
rubbleCarved into my
ruins, you will find my
ancestry interwoven with
my identityHow much of me
flows from their
blood?How much of me is
built of their flesh?How
much of me is manifested
from their dreams?The
only way to my truth is
through my foundationI
rage against those who
would dare covet this
sacred spaceI am the
temple and the
monumentThis is holy
ground.I must demolish
myself.Tear down the
walls that have held up
your visions and
destroyed mine.I must
restore myself in my own
image.And when the dust
settles, you can see my
bones.Pillars of
strength, marble, and
earthWalls painted with
my blood, cracked with
time, polished like my
skin(Golden)I will not be
complete, but I will be
homethe dust settlesAnd
we build
again—Coty Raven
Morris    Â
 .
Tear Down the Walls
