Lullaby for a Young Road

Lullaby for a Young Road for voice and piano

Text by Jorn Ake

Dennis Tobenski

Lullaby for a Young Road At day's end, I lie down like a quiet path.

I say my name before I sleep, once secretly, and once to my path so that it may remember my location.

Little traveler, I say, when I wake, carry me like a lamb to my name.

Jorn Ake (b. 1964)

to Darien Shulman for his 29th birthday

Lullaby for a Young Road

Jorn Ake (b. 1964)

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Copyright © 2009 Dennis Tobenski. All Right Reserved.

"Lullaby for a Young Road" from Asleep in the Lightning Fields Text Copyright © 2002 Jorn Ake. Used with the kind permission of Jorn Ake and the Texas Review Press.

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