Cadence Bound

Lightning is faster than its sound

But when that comes its thunder

In words silence goes the round

Before sound wakes up suspended wonder

And make the reader shudder

How does a word absorb sound

Crack its shell to free cadence bound

It's magic that conjures sound

Sorcery that jaunts it thro doors,

Not seen nor foreseen by us,

Cut into the navel of the words

How does sound come into a word

How does rhythm leaven syllable

How does meaning evolve from thought

I am a captive in its vestibule

I’m an albatross

Convolved in a torrent of words.

Akpan