​Poet Bette Milleson James captures both the hope and hopelessness one feels when faced with the truth of the human cost of war. The poem I Saw a Child was commissioned as a response to the Syrian Civil War and the children caught in the midst of war and conflict. This setting expresses the anguish of the crisis with a shifting, meterless feel and powerful harmonic choices. A portion of the proceeds of this piece are donated to refugee resettlement.