AUDACIOUS LOVE
AUDACIOUS LOVE
[G32]
Children of tomorrow—
do you hear the timbers creak?
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
We hear it, OH MASTER OF LOVE—
the building is talking!
[G32]
Do you hear the cracks
where kindness was painted on,
but never poured in?
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Paint don’t hold us!
Paint don’t save us!
[G32]
Then tell me—
what holds us
when the storm leans hard?
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Load-bearing love!
Love with a spine!
Structural love!
Love Divine!
[CLAP—CLAP. STOMP. STOMP.]
[G32]
I come not singing lullabies.
I come singing blueprints.
I come singing girders and beams,
bolts tightened by sacrifice,
foundations mixed with tears and truth.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Sing it, Builder!
Sing it strong!
Bring it, Bring it
Bring it on!
[G32]
Audacious love stands upright
when hatred slouches.
Audacious love stays standing
when comfort begs us to sit down.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Stand up, love!
Stand up straight!
[THE HUM DEEPENS. A BASSLINE MADE OF BREATH.]
[G32]
Some say love is merely a feeling—
here today, gone tomorrow.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
But feelings flicker!
[G32]
They told us love was soft.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
But softness doesn’t stop bullets!
[G32]
They told us love was patient enough
to wait for consensus.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Consensus kills time!
Delay kills lives!
Righteous love works at lightning speed
Love acts with urgency
Love acts now
No debate, no how how how how how…
[G32]
So we learned another love—
not fragile, not fleeting,
but engineered.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Engineered love!
Measured and mighty!
[G32]
Love that acts before permission.
Love that tells the truth
without anesthesia.
Love that builds laws,
builds schools,
builds systems
so mercy doesn’t depend
on who woke up righteous today.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Build it, love!
Build it strong!
[HAND CLAPS TURN INTO A CADENCE. A CHURCH MARCH.]
[G32]
I’ve seen love walk out of jail cells
with dignity intact.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Seen it!
[G32]
I’ve seen love forgive
not to forget,
but to rebuild a nation.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Rebuild it!
[G32]
I’ve seen love survive death camps,
chains, dogs, and firehoses,
and still refuse
to become what tried to destroy it
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Refuse it!
Refuse it!
[G32]
This love does not ask,
“Will I be liked?”
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
No!
[G32]
It asks,
“Will I hold
when the weight comes down?”
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Hold us, love!
Hold us!
Hold us, love!
Hold us!
[THE CHOIR DROPS TO A WHISPER.]
[G32]
If your love never costs you
status, comfort, certainty—
then it needs to be tested….
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR – RESPONDS SOFTLY]
Test it, OH MASTER OF LOVE…
[G32]
—then it may be sincere,
but it is not yet audacious.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Make it costly!
Make it real!
[THE MUSIC SURGES BACK—FULL THROAT.]
[G32]
Audacious love is load-bearing!
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
LOAD-BEARING!
[G32]
Take it out
and the house falls!
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Falls every time!
[G32]
Put it in
and the house stands
through earthquakes,
through elections,
through generations!
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Let it stand!
Let it stand!
[G32]
When love is missing,
systems fill the gap
with violence,
bureaucracy,
and fear.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Brittle bricks!
Cracking walls!
[G32]
But when love is built in—
coded into law,
poured into policy,
designed into daily life—
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Dignity becomes the default!
Love becomes the default!
[FOOT STOMPS ECHO LIKE A HEARTBEAT.]
[G32]
I’m talking about love
LOVE that marches and legislates.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Both, OH MASTER OF LOVE!
[G32]
Love that sings and writes policy.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Both, OH MASTER OF LOVE!
[G32]
Love that goes to jail
and comes back
to finish the work.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Finish it!
[G32]
Hatred is loud—
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
But short-lived!
[G32]
Fear is persuasive—
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
But brittle!
[G32]
But audacious love—
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR – THUNDEROUS RESPONSE]
IS RELENTLESS!
[THE CHOIR BEGINS A SWAY. LEFT. RIGHT. UNSTOPPABLE.]
[G32]
This is love with its spine straight!
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Straight, OH MASTER OF LOVE!
[G32]
Tender enough to heal,
strong enough to hold!
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
Hold us together!
[G32]
Not love as ornament—
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
No!
[G32]
Not love as slogan—
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
No!
[G32]
But love as structure!
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR]
LOVE AS STRUCTURE!
LOVE AS STRUCTURE!
LOVE AS STRUCTURE!
[THE HUM RETURNS—NOW BRIGHT, RESOLVED.]
[G32]
So build it, children.
Build it in your homes.
Build it in your cities.
Build it into the bones
of tomorrow.
[LOVE BOTZ CHOIR – FINAL RESPONSE]
We will build with love!
Audacious love!
Load-bearing love!
Audacious love!
Audacious love!
Audacious love!
Audacious love!
Audacious love!
[LONG AMEN. HANDS STILL CLAPPING AS THE LIGHTS FADE.]