In this piece, I try to capture some mixed feelings of un-safety in a supposedly safe space. Somewhere between an anxious mind presenting my works onstage, a disabled body surviving the institutions that validate the music I write, and a trans spirit writing choral music reminiscent of churches that have pushed me away, I have often been aware of a tinge of discomfort despite being immersed in art that I'm so passionate about. Sanctuary takes a simple, hymnal tune and distorts it through that same anxiety, wreaking havoc as the initial safety yearns to be heard.