We Raise Them Up

Today we sing great joy we bring To those sweet souls words long forgotten For just a while we take them to a peaceful magical place a place they knew a place they loved a place to put smiles on their face Even those who do not speak whose memories faded long ago They’ll sing along inside their heads the words they used to know And as the music starts to play deep inside a memory stirs As slowly they will rock and hum before the words begin to come And by the time we reach page two they sing along with me and you ‘Blue Moon’ ~ we sing ~ oh how they swoon ‘Delilah’ ~ ‘Lean on Me’ ‘Sweet Caroline' ~ they start to move it really gets them in the groove We sing with gusto they smile with joy As memories return when girl meets boy Our last rendition our final song Full of joie de vivre the choir and me We start to sing ‘You Raise Me Up’ I start to cry ~ I don’t know why it always makes me cry… We raise the roof our souls entwine they almost touch the sky Our spirits smile with exultation to cheers ~ applause ~ a celebration For today we really made their day and they have made ours too Monies sent to Parkinson’s UK we pray a cure is found one day We bid them farewell ~ We wave them goodbye I'm so blessed to be part of this choir It is food for my heart each time I take part With lovely friends who like me have “P” Singing together in our Parkinson’s choir I feel truly alive ~ I feel almost on fire… Written 12th February 2020 I wrote this today after a performance by our Parkinson’s Choir, where we entertained some delightful folk who are living out their final days within a care home. It was truly inspirational… Contest Strand Select M Sponsor Brian Strand HONORABLE MENTION Poem is in the 2nd Anthology Contest 1299 Sponsor Brian Strand