Trumpeting Their Voices To Space

I I had big plans to fast and pray: Maundy Thursday More prayer than fasting, while preparing slowly For the evenings bible study, I a weak disciple Neighbors played their competing loud music, as usual Then I paused: discerning a yearning theme in the cacophony II One powerful female tenor seemed to address sky and space In clarion calls, vagaries and varieties of love embodied vocally I had dismissed music I did not find inspiring, until skilfully deployed They made a case for a dignity, even universal honor, through loving On Earth: we crave loyalty, human love, more than hell to avoid