<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 16px;"><font size="5" style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Chorus</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Stopped in my tracks</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I listen to the chorus of birds</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">They sing to each other</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Call and response</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">With the added instrumentation</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Of wind through the branches</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A swoosh to the songs</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Percussion and whistle</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In harmonies of white and yellow</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Comes the visual chorus</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The imagined sounds of lace</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And variegated leaves</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Swooosh, Swooosh!</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The pine tree listens with me</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And the prayer flags</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Draped across the bridge</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A bit tattered from </span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Their daily chants</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In different languages</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Adding to the reminder</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">That we must sing louder</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">All of us!</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In Nature’s chorus</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to bring peace</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Corlene Van Sluizer</span></font></div></body></html>