By Maggie West
Submitted by Insense82
Date: 2003 Nov 10
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The language

The language of the heavens
Teh language of the trees
The language of the sleek maidens
The language of the universe
were all there for me to hear.

And so I spoke
and I conversed with the world
without a care
without a doubt
and then the words seemed to have gone.

Now that I am older
now that I am "wiser"
now that I am more "mature"
I have remembered not the language of the heavens
nor the trees
nor the sleek maidens
nor the universe
and I converse with them no more.

Where has the time gone?
Am I doomed to silence with the universe
or am I given another chance
to save myself
from the injustice of tomorrow?