Babble

By Cory DePaul

There are as many languages as there are people

We are all

Always speaking past one another

Our babble

Our chaos

A cacophony

But these utterances are not nonsense

They are encryptions

Codes

In need of deciphering

An oracle's riddle

If unravelled

Stills the strife

Breaks the code

We need the baptism of Holy Fire

We need the gift of tongues

Oh God rebuild our tower

In your image

Or none