An Old Voice from the World’s Billion Years of Silence

~ David Achodo

I arise–
to control what controls!
I will rise an ancient beyond names,
Eternity gathered in one breath–
to shelter the last light.

No darkness.
No more blades of grief.
Failure, depart!

Open, life’s window of hope–
and let the earth drink light
from heaven.

Recommended citation: Achodo, David. “An Old Voice from the World’s Billion Years of Silence.” Dachodo Press, 2026.

This poem is archived by Zenodo with the DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19607282.

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Published by David Achodo

David Achodo is a PhD candidate and Graduate Teaching Associate in French at the University of Tennessee, USA. He is the Primary Organizer and Founding Member of the “World Languages and Cultures Graduate Student Association,” University of Tennessee. A French, English, German, Fon, and Yoruba speaker, Achodo is a Scholar, Translator, Interpreter, Poet and Preacher.

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