Matthew Recio - Holdfast, mvt. 4

Music: Matthew Recio
Text: Robin Beth Schaer

Performed by Stare at the Sun
A.J. Keller, conductor
Cameron Marquez, percussion

Live Performance
Trinity United Methodist Church
Wilmette, IL
October 28, 2023

Audio & Video Engineering: Sean Keenan

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If I held her, I would
have left bruises, if I undressed her, I would
have seen scars, so we never touched
& she never had to say she was dying.
We should hold each other more
while we are still alive, even if it hurts.
People really die of loneliness, skin hunger
the doctors call it. In a study on love,
baby monkeys were given a choice
between a wire mother with milk
& a wool mother with none. Like them,
I would choose to starve & hold the soft body.