FROM NOTHINGNESS

It's not like being awaken out of sleep 
Because there is no remembrance 
Of going to sleep 

Before now, this instant 
There were nothing, no memory, no existence 
Because I never exited 

But here I am, wide awake, alive
Having five senses, each one
A big surprise to me 
And yours is the first face I see

As I am introduced to my new surroundings 
You never said a word, 
You never called me by name 
I was as my environment until now, nameless 

But you were there
Looking with a keen interest 
At my every twist and turn 
Somewhat amazed by the direction I take
And entertained by the function of my brain 

Here I am, in a world of created difference
Knowledge lesson number three
After seeing your face, and exploring me
I opened my mouth, and found out, that I can speak 

So I began to call that which I saw by name 
So as to retain their differences 
And make it easy to distinguish between the two 
But there were none like me, and none like you
And you never said a word, not one word.

Wilford Barker.