Genesis and Re-Genesis

“Genesis and Re-Genesis”

We dwelt in darkness. There was nothing we

Could feel or grasp: no solid place to stand.

We dwelt long-silent, till a living wind

Blew over us and carried words that sang:

“Let there be light! Let darkness fly away!

The living voice will build a world of day.”

We lay alone without a beating heart

To tell we lived or loved. Our drooping hand

Left Eden’s feast un-tasted, till the breath

That animates all things commanded us:

“Let there be life! Get up, reach out, and know;

You must fulfill the love that made you so.”

We walked and wept where dawn would never come;

A garden where the flower and fruit were death;

Where guards would keep the closing of the doors;

But earth and heaven shook to wake the sun:
“Let all be new. Let freedom without fear

Arise! And I will banish every tear.”

By Dennis Evans, September 2013