Nothing

Do you remember when there was nothing?
Not one breath or lighted ray
No sound was heard and we were virgins
Just before the day

Then you took an urgent breath.
We sensed the dawn, a murky haze
I sang one note, the touch was awakening
Mother of all days

Not content for one small sip
Day brings out the blinding light,
A deafening roar, the rape, then nothing
That was the night, that was the night

Before the start we came from nothing
And nothing brought the first sweet breath,
Music’s kind touch, it had no structure
That was day’s caress, that was day’s caress