not saying great things

You do not need to say

      the next great thing.

It is not necessary for your word

      to be the last

      or even the first.

Release your desire to declare

      an answer that approaches

      completion or finality.

For the word that is yours to speak

      is ours to speak together.

And even then, only in stammerings:

      mere hints of the truest story,

      and inklings of our deepest names.

So first, beloved,

      before any utterance of our own,

         

first let us listen.