before the word—
there must
first have been
the relation
between stillness
and vibration,
between plain air
and the very first
breath's aspiration.
Then,
out of silence
and isolation
came the merely judicious
deployment
of solitude;
past the unbounded,
uncrossable gulf
between humans
came, not even
the God's
truth, but just
the First
Person Singular—
not wasting a moment
in exploring
its new power,
not singing,
not laughing,
but trying to
solicit you.
