Music by Liliya Ugay, text by Sokunthary Svay

Performed by Norfolk Festival Chamber Choir and ensemble; conductor - Simon Carrington, soloist - Bradley Sharpe (countertenor) and Ilya Poletaev (harpsichord), Norfolk Summer Festival 2018, Norfolk, CT

Point of Entry
(written by Sokunthary Svay specially for this piece )

You are awake again

pushing out my insides.

Is it your foot, your hand? 


Now you cry

outside my body 

inside this bedroom

angry and helpless cries    

from your exit. 


I can’t dream

when your cries cut 

through the air. 


Drink this food

my body makes for you

at times in pain, 

yet again and again 

in my love for you.

My desire

keeps you alive. 


Oh, how you have entered my life

dear child. 




What next? 


What now? 


I’m hungry. 


Hold me.


I feel you. 


Don’t leave me. 


Help me. 


Mama. 


I’m waiting for you. 


I’m here.

Ugay - Point Of Entry

Liliya Ugay