I conquer the world with words, <br />conquer the mother tongue, <br />verbs, nouns, syntax. <br />I sweep away the beginning of things <br />and with a new language <br />that has the music of water the message of fire <br />I light the coming age <br />and stop time in your eyes <br />and wipe away the line <br />that separates <br />time from this single moment.<br /><br />Nizar Qabbani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-conquer-the-world-with-words/