A short poem about the lack of compassion in our society and what caused it. |
Our days. On the first day, God created light He saw that it was good, and separated day and night And so became the light and the dark The Day and The Night came to be And that was the first day. On the second day, God cast up a divide He called this a firmament, behind which He could hide And so became the land of God The realm of Heaven came to be And that was the second day. On the third day, God said there should be land He saw life should grow, fruits and grass among the sand And so became the land and the seas The whole of Earth came to be And that was the third day. On the fourth day, God created time He saw stars appear, and markings in a line And so became the days and the seasons The Sun and The Moon came to be And that was the fourth day. On the fifth day, God created the animals of the sea and the air He saw that they should multiply, and saw how they should fare And so became the fish and the birds The Guardians of the Ocean and Sky came to be And that was the fifth day. And on the sixth day, God created the beasts of the land He saw the creation of four legged animals, and two legged man And so became the life of the Earth The kingdom of People came to be And that was the sixth day. And on the seventh day, God was to create love and compassion But instead he rested, hung in suspension And so emptiness settled down over the kingdom of People The truth of Love and Compassion never came to be And that was the seventh day. And with our days, People created hate and fear For we had not seen how to be kind or care And so on that seventh day we pretended The tale of Religion came to be And those were our days. |