Yesterday and To-morrow

This setting of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem represents the emotional toll of not being able to speak to, hold hands, wrap your arms around your loved ones during the pandemic that started in 2020. The line "Ah, today is like a dirge, place my arms around you. Let me feel the same dear joy as when I first found you" is highlighted in a brief a cappella section bookended by a repetitive somber drone and ostinato found in the piano part. tylermerideth.com