Only when we learn the alphabet
And with a pencil trace the letters form
Do we break the words from their music
Murmured sweetness from a mother’s lips
Continuously we take in feelings warm
Do we need to learn an alphabet?
Later we take words in little sips
Hoping to remember, not to harm
Can we slash the words from their music?
Even the miaowing of a cat
Seems like living speech to babes in arms
Do we need to learn an alphabet?
We must accept our language, that is that
We can’t invent a new one all alone
But do not part the words from their music
The human world is built up stone by stone
Leaving here a project we can hone
Only when we learn the alphabet
Do we take the words from their music
