Creation

God gave the flowers beauty,
He gave the mountains strength;
He gave the wind its graceful moves,
He gave his rivers length;
Length to reach the tiny creeks
or flow to oceans vast;
feeding and fulfilling
its tributaries passed.
He gave the sun a loving warmth
to urge new life to grow;
to comfort and instill a peace,
a nurtured, thriving glow.
He made the thunder with its frown,
ominous and warning;
yet even as it growls,
it soothes a promise of a better morning.
He gave the rain its cleansing voice,
quiet drops to pat the ground;
but no less comforting, scolds and guides
every living thing around.
He gave the seasons color,
new days to begin;
crispness pure as melted snow,
that purges sorrow from within.
God thought he liked what he had made,
for these were qualities like no other;
He added them to humankind
when he proclaimed a woman, Mother.

5/7/99