And the People Stayed Home

Text by Kitty O'Meara (used with permission)
Music by Dr. Gerald Gurss
Performed by the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus
June 2020
“In the Time of Pandemic”
By Kitty O’Meara
And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.
And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.
And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.

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Absolutely beautiful! Gave me chills and made me cry, all at the same time. Very nicely done. As the new President of a 150+ member chorus in the Chicago suburbs, I will be sharing this with my membership. Thank you.