we couldn’t understand anybody
we were alone in the city
this great big city by itself
but now
from so many nations
speaking so many languages
we truly couldn’t understand anybody
we were alone
when we tried to speak the local language
nobody could understand us either
we would try to find food
or a shelter
and people would look at us
like we were aliens
which I guess we were to them
but still
we kept getting lost
and were alone and hungry
and we didn’t know how to find the festival
even with all the crowds
or maybe because of them
there was some commotion
in a building
maybe a house
off to one side
a lot of voices
many people crowded around
we came closer
there were people speaking
a lot of different languages
but amazingly
as clear as could be
we heard a voice speaking our language
we stood gaping
at this new word we could hear and
understand
then
one of them stepped forward to speak
to say they weren’t drunk at 9 a.m.
and then to quote a prophet
and to talk about
a Spirit being poured out on everybody
and then to talk more about someone
named Jesus
others came through the crowd
to help us
one of them asked us
not in our language
if we needed anything
I said
as best as I could in their language
we were hungry
and somehow she understood
and took us in
and gave us food to eat
so we were fed twice that morning
we knew then
that we would not be returning to
our homeland alone
even if
we would be traveling
by ourselves
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