Utterances

In this place

where history holds no sway

yet even the deepest scars are loved,

no-one is known by name

nor failures and accomplishments

nor colour of eyes, hair or skin.

In this place

the language spoken

is the delicate tongue

of remembrance and longing,

of intimation, tears

and the unspeakable joy

of being known. 

The No Claims Department

The prophets knew
that the biggest claim of all
is no claim at all. 

With nothing to call their own
the silence overcame them
and the deepest silence
became the loudest proclamation. 

The messiahs understood
they were declaiming 
all claims null and void. 

Once the claiming is done
the exclamations begin.