void

How dully in the mountains sound the feet
of them that bring good news
How dark are the mountains
and how wide is the void into which their words fall
how void is the heart into which they fall

They said if you spoke into the void
there would be light.
If you spoke into the void
a world would begin,
and a life would begin to unfold in the darkness.
But there is nothing here, and there is no light.

If there can be no light,
speak to the void
and make it empty
If there can be no life,
speak to the darkness,
and make it dark indeed
for you have separated the light from the darkness,
and named them each as you chose.