Ahhh…
Mm…
A stillness gathers…
Section I — Foundation (Full Choir)
Before the word is fully spoken
Before the meaning finds a name
There is a sound that holds us steady
There is a chord that stays the same
Not loud with force, not thin with pleading
But wide as breath, and deep as time
A human voice, still choosing beauty
A living line inside the line
Embedded Solo I (Low Alto or Baritone – emerging from choir)
Soft, measured, never forward
Love does not rush the moment
Love waits for us to hear
(Choir continues underneath, sustaining harmony)
Section II — Continuance (Full Choir)
We do not sing for recognition
We do not raise our voice for gain
We sing because the heart remembers
What it has lost — and seeks again
Every tone is held with purpose
Every word is meant to land
This is not performance offered
This is meaning, hand to hand
Embedded Solo II (Low Alto / Countertenor)
Almost whispered, within the choir
If you are tired, stay
If you are wounded, breathe
Section III — Declaration (Full Choir – broader, more luminous)
This is where the noise grows quiet
This is where the soul is named
This is where the broken are not hidden
This is where the fragile stay
Not perfected, not corrected
Not explained and sent away
But held inside a greater listening
Where love is allowed to stay
Embedded Solo III (Baritone – weight, not dominance)
Brief, anchored
We are still here
We are still choosing care
Section IV — Ascension (Full Choir – majestic, expansive)
If the world has grown efficient
If it speaks in shorter lines
We will answer with attention
We will take the longer time
We will bless without condition
We will speak the warmer word
For a love that’s never spoken
Is a song that’s never heard
Section V — Great Stillness (Choir only – slowed, sacred)
Stay…
This matters
Hear…
This remains
Final Section — Chord Stream (Full Choir – full majesty, unified)
This is Chord Stream — not a signal
Not a brand, not a display
This is love made audible
In the most human way
Every voice a shared devotion
Every breath a chosen part
This is sound with consecration
This is listening with heart
Coda (Choir – radiant, resolved, timeless)
Ahhh…
It flows…
It holds…
It stays…
Michael Forty