What Would You Change Scholarship Slam: Superpowers
Words
That's what I would change
Not what they are or how they sound
By my words
Change them
Add them
Gain them
Right now I can only feel in one word
Opera
The music is language
But without the music
The libretto is lost
Not to everyone
But to me
Even English
How much is there I don't comprehend
How many words am I missing
I want them all
The words
The languages
The feelings
Not all at once
Without discovery
But to hear new words
Sudden comprehension
A flash emotional experience
Like new notes
A new leitmotif
New melody
New to understand
But not already understood
Present and future discovery
That's what I want
That superpower is what I would change
Or add
Augment myself
With words