Part Three of “A Wondering Through Genesis”.

The third in a series of talks on how to read the book of Genesis through the lens of a more progressive faith.

“The book of Genesis” by Kei Millar

Suppose there was a book full of only the word,
let – from whose clipped sound all things begin: fir
and firmament, feather, the first whale – and suppose

we could scroll through its pages every day
to find and pronounce a Let meant only for us –
we would stumble through the streets with open books,

eyes crossed from too much reading; we would speak
in auto-rhyme, the world would echo itself – and still
we’d continue in rounds, saying let and let and let

until even silent dreams had been allowed.