This piece was written in 1992 as a contribution to the AIDS Quilt Songbook project of baritone William Parker  It was first performed on World AIDS day, December 1, 1992, and later recorded on the Minnesota Composers Forum 1994 CD Heartbeats.  This version for two-part women's chorus, violin, and narrator sets a text by Susan Gladstone published in Positive Women: Voices of Women Living with AIDS.