Let's Be Brave

Brave

I have decided to be very, very brave and share a little bit about the musical I have been working on since January of last year. That's a long time folks. I think if I start blogging about it, I might actually finish it before January of this year. At least a first draft. 

Let's Be Brave. I first got the idea for Let's Be Brave when I listened to the "Weight of Us," waaaaaaay back in August of 2016. I loved the line, "Time has come, let us be brave." I thought that was very inspiring and in the back of my mind a seed was planted. I have this thing with bravery. I think if you just have courage, you can get through anything. So, when my mind presented me with a title and a bare idea of a young girl who decides to be brave in times of hardship, I grasped at it. I began to plot, to diagram, to write.  

What is Let's Be Brave? It is a musical about children from broken families/broken homes, who find each other and through their friendships, are able to find courage amidst  suffering. They start a "Let's Be Brave" Club.

My musical so far focuses on five/six different children. 1.) Violet, Emily, Jamie(?) Tonia, May, and Charlie.

Each character suffers from some kind of abuse, grief, low self-esteem, anxiety, hardship, or suffering. The premise of the story is that when you are faced with tribulation, you mustn't give into it, but instead rise above your bad situation. Whatever happens, you must learn to soldier on.  I am still in the rough draft of this musical, and character may change or shift as time goes on. But I thought it was best to get this out there once and for all, because this post has been sitting in my drafts since the beginning of July and that's sad.

I have an unhealthy fear of people stealing my ideas, so I'm not sure how much I will post about this musical at first. But you will get updates! I plan to start sharing more about all the musicals I'm working on - including the Howl one - and maybe even starting a Youtube channel for them.

*SCREAMS FOREVER*

And guys, I promise there is an Evan Hansen review coming soon. I'm sorry it's taking so long. I can't seem to find time to blog.

God Bless everyone! Hope to talk again soon!

*swings around cape and leaps off stage*

Bella

The Solar Eclipse

Oh, pale is the moon!

Oh bright is the sun!

Oh, how magnificent,

These masters of the sky!

But alas I say,

Oh, how melancholic they are!

Always passing, like ghosts in the night

Forever watching, as the other takes flight,

Though they love each other

They cannot touch

Though they share the same sky

They cannot even brush.
Not for a second at all

For as soon as the moon rises, the sun must fall!

They balance the world and keep the tranquility

These masters of nature, like a King and a Queen

But such a sad couple, these patriarchs are,

That cannot hold hands

That cannot embrace....

What might weep to think on it.

For the sun shines so bright so the moon may live,

And the moon takes her vigil so the sun may rest

And each love the other, as no mortal man knows,

But each must watch his spouse,

From the other side of the world 

But stay a moment friends! Not all is sad today

Today we had a miracle, one rarely seen.

The universe granted it's flickering lights

A rare and precious gift,

The God in heaven granted His children,

A present most jubilant!

A phenomenon of nature, created in the sky

A precious, singular episode, in the morning light.

The sun came across the sun and sat at his side,

At last the patriarchs of balance path's had aligned.

And they danced together, in the noon day sky

For as long as the heavens would allow

A beautiful dance, a slow dance,

To brilliant to be seen by the unshielded eye.

The moon got so close to her mate,

He nought could be seen, not by the earth or sea,

Until at last it came time for the moon to bid farewell.

The two shared a soft embrace, hard to understand

 And the moon promised the sun 

That she would come again

For God in His goodness set up the skies

To make possible such meetings

Not once, not twice, but many  times,

would the sovereigns entwine. 

It might take many years, days and days of yearning,

But in the end, the sun and moon,

Will always cross, will always come together 

For just as a mate cannot stay long from her man

Just a Shepherd can't stay long from His lamb,

And Just as God can't stay long from us,

The Sun and the moon cannot long,

Stay apart. -
Written by Isabella DeLallo 8/21/2017

This is a poem I wrote after witnessing the Solar Eclipse yesterday.  It was supposed to be posted last night, but... Ya' know how that goes. It was completed last night anyway. :-) It could use some editing but otherwise I think it's okay.  (Hopefully.)

*swings around cape and leaps off stage*

Bella