When man left the ground
To walk the days with God
Shoulder to shoulder in conversation
And no beast turned to stare
As if it were an unusual sight,
"Oh, there those two go again,
Sharing dreams and sketching plans,"
They shrugged, or didn't even notice
The comfortable silence between
Those who share the same breath,
Together in each other's presence
Like lovers the two were swooned;
Maybe the Lord whistled a tune,
While Adam admired the blooming roses
But surpassed the slither in the grass
Until the will gave way to an envious thought
And the descent of man began;
The Heavens grieved and bent
Pondering a redemption, a rebirth
Restart the course of the Universe
As man took the life of his own,
First one brother, then another
Divide and conquer, pillage and plunder
Across the ever striving land,
A constant source of remorse
But still glimmers of glory emerged -
The angel pinned beneath Jacob's thigh,
The waters split on either side
Or walls fell under shouts of praise
Obstacles in a heap, at their feet
And a giant under a single foot,
Slain by the toy of a boy,
All sown into the great unknown
But one man an even greater deed
Saw this whole world in a fright
Children in need, a father to please
Kill this increasingly rampant seed
Offer a trade for the future and past
With a gush, a flood of blood
Over wrong, over flesh, over death,
And all other costs to be lost
In a sigh of sadness of relief
By one who let go of his son;
The sky broke, cracked open wide
And the Earth followed its lead
Crumbling as it shook itself free
Of the burden it took on its knees
It sent out marvel, mirth, and mercy
Along the nerves of creation they ran
Like an electricity, like an affinity
Towards the irrefutable end,
And again, a perfect union was found
When man's body returned to the ground.
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