Speak

I want to speak with words that flow

That curl around nothing to make life grow

And at a word I’d change a heart

In a soft song to banish the dark

I wish my words were magic-filled

Then they’d dance like birds and trill

I’d make them roll like waves at sea

And bring warm rain just to be

If only they’d craft a sunset pure

Enchanting the eyes only to lure

Them away from the coming of the day

But I would keep the darkness away

At a sound, light would twist around

To illuminate stones and waters bound

By the very earth I spoke before

And suddenly I’d open a door

To flooding falls pouring down cliffs

Hanging between trees and forming mist

At the pull of a song the rock would rise

Twisting itself into a mountainous disguise

Beings spring through pillars of light

And quickly a newborn bird takes flight

They curve their hands and twist the sky

Bending the world until at a word, they die

I would shape a life into a glowing light

Grant him gifts and power of sight

The will to save, to enchant and find

A strength to use on darkness and bind

Enemies arise, as they always must

Against the savior, fighting for just

The hope of a better, bright universe

Without hate or pain or sorrowful curse

And finally at a long awaited song

My hero would give himself along

With a chance for the next to take his turn

To save my creation before it inevitably burns