Content warning: xenophobia, migration

A young child wakes up alone on the beach. They call for their mother. The sound of the waves muffles the voices of people who worry about newcomers and the effect that they will have on their society. Other voices take over - other children declaring that the child belongs with them now.

Inspired by the tragic deaths of Alan Kurdi and many others on their quest for a safe new home.

Gentle, ornamented piano chords open the scene, as a child calls out to their parents and an unknown voice sings a wordless melody. They are interrupted by chromatic piano and chaotic layers of text, sung and spoken anxiously by four voices. A solemn, haunting, chorale-like section closes the scene, as four figures take the child away.