First words
In the beginning was the Word
In the first light
the faint clicking voices of the first
viruses spoke to the newcomer bacteria.
God heard and understood
and said, “This is good.”
Speaking in their popping language,
the Creator asked them what they were doing.
“We’re eating rock,” they replied.
God said, “I see. You are also creating
fertile soil,” and said, “This is very good.”
God called the chatter “Words.”
Over time, God heard words become music
from the mouths of birds,
warnings and celebration roared
from the mouths of predatory animals,
and talk of problems, discoveries
and of the mysteries of creation
from the mouths of humans.
God says, “this is good.”
Elizabeth A. Hykes is a poet of the Missouri Ozarks who enjoys people, nature, music and reading poetry.
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