Why The Gods Did Not See

 
In the beginning the gods sat with their eyes closed 
on the horizon, imagining the world. 
 
One felt a spider build a web against her cheek and said,
Here the wind is made of silk. It leaves pieces of itself against the 
face.
 
Another felt a snake crawl over his outstretched palm,
The air is cold and heavy. It draws across your skin like a dull knife.
 
A third felt sand run between his fingers, 
The earth is made of pebbles the size of insects' eyes. 
When we walk on it, we will bury ourselves. 
 
A fourth felt the sun at midday, 
Here time is hot and the minutes are like drops of oil on my brow.
 
Perhaps we should open our eyes, said a fifth.
 
If we are dreaming, whispered the sixth,
then won't it be just as we have dreamed it?
 
Unless, said the seventh god,we are dreaming we are dreaming. . 
 


 

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