Octavia E. Butler was an amazing writer of science fiction, a poet, and a seer. Her work is phenomenal both in its skill and its prescience. As far as I know, she coined the phrase: “God is Change” that I first read in one of her excellent books and that is the end of this profound poetry.
Earthseed
by Octavia Butler
Here we are–
Energy,
Mass,
Life,
Shaping life,
Mind,
Shaping Mind
God,
Shaping God.
Consider—
We are born
Not with purpose,
But with potential.
All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
Is Change.
God
Is Change.
I listened to both The Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Talents in Summer of 2020. It was absolutely phenomenal.
Forever on repeat:
“All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
Is Change.
God
Is Change.”