Bible's Babel Babble
BIBLE’S BABEL BABBLE
(or: Language’s Chapter 11)
The incident at Babel was a gift
and not the punishment
it seemed at first.
It gave the human spirit a great lift.
Despite our brief confusion,
we’re not cursed.
A plethora of languages
expands our concept of the world
in which we live
and spurs our desire
to understand new paradigms.
To receive and to give translations
from other times and nations
means that we must reach approximations,
make allowance for interpretations,
even extrapolate new creations.
Though humbling,
it is good to know
that we cannot express,
in one tongue,
all we see.
Copyright © James Ph. Kotsybar | Year Posted 2011
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