A poem by Chisom Ohuaka at Loudthotz Open Poetry Reading Season 2 Episode 6

WHAT WE SPEAK

We do not know what we speak

But when we speak…

What was said is not it

The sounds don’t mean the words

The words are shadows, representations.

We speak power, dynamo

Continuously generating results, authorithy…

It cannot be held or understood

They are felt sometimes, revealed, known

We speak mysteries revealing eternal truths

Speaking “like” God, saying God’s thoughts

A miracle! A finite being carrying

Divinity, spiritual, eternal verities

An earthen vessel containing treasures

Of creation, treasures of glory. 

chisom 3/12/08©