This piece features an unaccompanied cello solo playing a beautiful haunting melody while a narrator does a reading of the poem Desiderata written by Max Ehrman ("You are a child of the universe... You have a right to be here..."). This piece premiered on 6/10/07 as special music at the Community Presbyterian Church Service in Post Falls Idaho, performed on cello by Anne Nesse and read by the music composer Gary A. Edwards. It is also arranged for Harp and Soprano.
