…but a drop

workshopped and premiered at the Contemporary Percussion Gathering 2026, as part of the Foresty Festival

Instrumentation:

trio for water, fire (candles and matches), hotplate, and voice

World Premiere: July 12 2026 Montaldeo, Italy

A lullaby to flickering flames | sputtering steam | heat | vapour | soot

~

water falls

from the sky

off the leaves

over stones

from your eyes

heat rises 

off the creek

out of ash

off the Earth

from your cheeks

let me catch

but a drop

but a scorching touch

of your brief 

eternity 

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