And I walk. Electrifying energy surges through me. Without thinking, I run ahead. As the cacophony rises People shout. Drums beat in complex rhythms Rising and falling as the tide on the shore.
People sing, hundreds of songs at once, Yet blending, mixing in mysterious harmony.
As I round the corner I see Person after person after person Coming to the center of the square Speaking their magic words, Calling in their own way the community of hope Together. I stop overwhelmed on the edge of the crowd. A child, an old man, and a young woman Come to me, old friends long lost. And hand in hand we walk to the square's center. We lift our voices to sing.