In the beginning, before the ark,
Creating the world in the dark,
Arising, God said,
"Too early for bed"
And fashioned the worm and the lark.
We are born without consent,
thrown into existence without warning,
no map, no instructions.
We rely on those who created us—
themselves guided by fading echoes,
a bloodline of trial and error,
passing down survival like
testing food for poison.
Generations upon generations,
none of us truly knowing,
yet all of us pretending
we were meant to.**
In the beginning two lovers were born
In the campus parking lot behind the student union
They clung together for 60 years
Until one day my wounded bird knew
Her broken hip would not allow her to fly again
I was too old and weak to pick her up off the floor
When she fell...she said she wanted to go to a nursing home
Where strong young girls could do what I could not
It's where old people go to die, nobody gets out of there alive
Once a week I drive there to bring candy and other treats to her bed
And news from our empty house that I share with our old girl calico cat
It's the beginning of the end
D.C. Jordan
In the beginning there were three;
An undisputed trinity of reasons
showing audiences why;
More enthralled with each scene were they,
a legacy this crowd helped build;
Culture shifted forever with this movie;
A dish served best with friends in theatres.
Star Wars Tribute
‘Three Reasons Why They Build Movie Theatres
who or what am I?
in life`s tapestry of life,
a mere fleck of dust just drifting,
trying to create life.
searching for my oasis,
a fertile spot to rest.
all I need is just one chance,
let mother nature do the rest.
God has revealed Himself in Jesus
for this saviour is the living word
in the very beginning, He was with God
this word is God to deny this is absurd
In the beginning, there was God
three persons of the Trinity as one
nothing or no one else was there
eternity is God's abode with His son
God in the Word is the creator
everything created by this God alone
without Him, nothing was ever made
this Word came to this world to atone
This Word was life to the fullest
in Him alone was found real light
the very life of men was true
this God Word rose to the ultimate height
Darkness has no answer to this light
for the beam to fully shine
the darkness could not comprehend
for the Word and light together dine
(John 1 : 1-5
King James Version
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
In a story
Of the beginning
A word exploded
Into unending
Stories..
Stories of separation
And of beauty...
In the beginning
what we may call noumena
from a singularity unfathomable
the very first outpouring of God’s breath
created what we now see as vastness of space
but what space is we yet know not
the boundaryless inky black void of nothingness
a bubble of manifestation came into being
occupied by God motionless in stillness
He then created a pulse, the Word
that duality may herein pulsate
the Word is Om ~ sound of the sun
The womb of existence is space
liken it to God’s manifest omnipresence
unknowable, within all and yet standing apart
within which we’re localised as individuated entities
although in truth being inseparable from the all that is
the truth of ‘who am I’ we must discern
as such, since we are not this decaying organic form
to know who we are we must stop the flow of time
for which within the pause of each polarity shift
our attention if fixated in pristine silence
discards false identity revealing truth
that we’re living light in God’s image
10-May-2023
In the beginning
Was the word..
Beginning the dream
Of separation..
And the birth of
Other words
Attempting to
Explain that first
Inexplainable word...
In the beginning there was man woman and bird and then there was see
when the spirit of God moved inside them, they were all flown in for free
At the very start God gave His will full hand but then he released free will
some recognized their part in it and chose good will others chose to kill...
We are in a secondary world full of pain and confusion buzzing like busy bees
and most of us have blinders on , we cannot see the forest for the trees;
Time evolves the Angels watch us carefully, wondering when will we learn?
some of us have make the effort to awaken, some of us still crash and burn.
In the beginning the earth was quiet and the deer panted near the brook
some of us dig deep in our souls, but then there are others who never look.
In the beginning, was the “primeval atom”
according to the scientific datum.
From a state of infinite density,
known as the primordial singularity,
the atom experienced faster-than-light expansion,
followed by a massive temperature reduction.
More heating and cooling produced protons and neutrons
the building blocks from which life eventually grew.
In the beginning, there was a collapsed star,
begins a theory that sounds so bizarre.
From the debris which that black hole spewed
the universe eventually grew.
In the beginning, there was antimatter,
and an equal amount of matter,
according to plasma cosmology,
the plasma universe theory.
The interactions of electromagnetic fields
a superabundance of plasma yielded.
Plasma produced matter and antimatter.
Our universe eventually formed purely of matter.
In the beginning, there was God,
omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent,
immortal, invisible, infinite, and eternal.
God spoke this universe into existence.
The seeming infinity of the universe,
it’s intricate and incomprehensible complexity
testifies of the God who created it.
Mortals, be awed, acknowledge, and worship Him.
Learn
What you want to
Teach
Teach
What you want to
Learn
(Dreamsleep: February, 2022)
How did it all start
Was there really a 'Big Bang'
Or is that just code for
ex nihilo* we sprang
What if there's really a Creator
Who fashioned the world
then Adam and Eve
If He put the snake in the Garden
He sure had some tricks up His sleeve
It's hard to believe man evolved from a single-cell creature
or that he emerged fully grown either, so
Since millions prefer to believe in neither
Let's give this whole topic a breather...
_______________________________________________
* The Latin phrase 'ex nihilo' means 'out of nothing'
In the Beginning
David J Walker
In the beginning
Someone
Had to
Think of God
Is it odd
that He had
To be
Created
Too
The Word was with God from the beginning
without whom nothing came into being.
With creation of life
from God came the Light
the dread of the dark overcoming.
John 1.1-5
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