After Words

As in a tower of words she stood
Her daughters dispersed to the Earth's four corners
Their father kept in touch with them
They were always at different frequencies
Beating together once in a blue moon
Her feet rooted to the ground with words
In the beginning God said let there be light
Words before creation
She painted the light with her words
She spoke seven languages like her mother's tongue
She had learned early that words control
What is outside your own body
"Want nana, no milk"
Be careful what you eat
You might have allergies
Take care of the furniture
Look after the money
A relentless stream of words pouring from her mouth
When there was nobody there
They poured from her fingertips
She was quite a famous artist
Had painted the Tower of Babel in words
But she was a smart woman and started to wonder
What was outside the tower
What if the words stopped
What came after words?