Claro

Languages / words -
incomprehensible !

I'd rather be mute
and then my dancing hands
would conduct a concerto
of literal language.

I'd rather be blind
and then communication
would be a tactile reverie
beyond deception.

I'd rather be deaf
and then silence
would reverberate with the sublime word
that created speech

and I would recall
what a miracle
is the inadequate, but enthralling
vocabulary of being.

I'd rather be honest
and acknowledge
that when my muse said "claro"
I did not understand,

but now I know.