In one generation, I see the world

fear lifted by wings.

They will come.  Bless the children waiting to be born.

Lured to the garden, you ask

when will we meet again?

Sometimes, when you look upon this body,

I think you remember-- 

Feel the beloved…

Having placed your heart

Most delicate in our hands

You slide down cracks between fingers

Awaken on tendrils of light

Feel the beloved, yearning for us, learning by heart, becoming.

I believe in you.  

Invite into this space all those beings whose light has made this possible.

And they will come.  For now is the only reason we ever existed.

Bless the children waiting to be born.

May you never want from hunger, body or soul

May you carry the wisdom of earth.

May you always feel this love.

We belong, we become, we believe…. in you

C’est une chanson pour les enfants, toute le monde pour toi

(It is a song for the children, everywhere, for you)

Canto para los niños, Creo en ti

(I sing for the children, I believe in you.)

I Believe

What can you give that can never be taken?

Last night I found her amidst muffled cries

I will hold her thin bones against my ample flesh till the quivering

subsides

How will you hold the rare and perilous given you?

Dawn begins in the bones.

from Querencia

by Risa Kaparo

“To realize that there is a silent tsunami underway, with 80,000 children dying every month”

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I BELIEVE

Poetry and Lyrics by Risa Kaparo

Music by Richard Fammerée, Sophie Barker, and Robert Irving, III

Spoken Word Risa Kaparo

Vocals Sophie Barker

Bass David Ricketts

Percussion Iki Levy

Acoustic Guitar Richard Fammerée

Key’s/Drums David Tickle

David Ricketts

Arranging, piano,

keyboards, sequencing

& programming Robert ‘Baabe’ Irving III

Violin Steve Gibons

Bass Steven Hashimoto

Drums, Percussion Ernie Adams

Backup Vocals Isha Molinea Lewis

Adero Neely

Diane Madison

Paula Miller

Melissa Dittmann