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We all can toil and fail And sometimes get unfairly thrown in jail When have we not known that life Can be full of adversity and strife? We're an incarceration nation With plenty of unfair discrimination The powerful have often used intimidation To silence our independent declaration That the toils of yesterday will not be in vain We will not hide our faces in shame We will grow from our pain And tomorrow will see a brand new day again Both this piece and this poem are inspired by Susan Burton's memoir "Becoming Ms. Burton". She has founded an organization that helps formerly incarcerated women when they are released from jail or prison meet their many needs and requirements. This time my excuse for not using Reaper is that I don't yet have any guitar, electric guitar, or bass and drum set VST's. The instrumentation is for Flute, Oboe, Horn in F, Distorted Guitar, Overdrive Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drum Set, and string orchestra minus Contrabasses which are replaced by a 5 string Electric Bass. I tried to make the drums sound as natural, yet unobtrusive as I could given that I don't usually write for drum set (if you have any critiques about that please share). Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy!

The final moments of Sibelius' 7th. The gentle swells and the ultimate release are just so tranquil and moving, like slipping into the embrace of the next life.