God My Creator
The earth was formless and as empty as space
God began to create the heavens and the earth,
That all lay in hands of darkness’ embrace
God said, “Let there be light’ and a candle lit
He called his candle, the day
And the darkness the pinch of a flame to extinguish
He called his pinch, the night
It was the first day
God said, “Let there be a vault” and a sea of blue stained above
He called the blue stain, heaven
It was the second day
God said, “Let all waters come together into one and dry land appear”
A mass of leaves, blue flowers and carpets sat on the universe
He called the carpet, earth
He called the mass of leaves and flowers, seas
God said, “Let the earth produce grass, plants and trees”
And the earth bore children of green
It was the third day
God said, “Let there be light in the vault of heaven”
God made the sun his candle, the moon his lamp and the stars
His billion fireflies around the lamp
It was the fourth day
God said, “Let the waters produce fishes and the vault of heaven’s birds”
And there were fishes like sequins in the ocean
And there were birds like sailing ships swimming the sky
It was the fifth day
God said, “Let there be all kinds of animals on the earth”
And so there were animals as numerous as the sands on shores
And as various as the weather
God said, “Let men be in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves,
And let them be masters of the fishes of the sea, the birds of heaven,
All animals and all the earth”
And so man was made and moulded by the hands of God
As alike as two peas
“Go forth and multiply”, He said
To be as plentiful as the stars above
They were the masters conquering the slaves of the
Sea, sky and land
God said, “I give you all the plants growing on the earth
And all trees that bear fruit. That will be your food”
And so plants aged like years gone by
Trees bore fruits as needful as sunlight
God saw that all was very good
It was the sixth day
He rested like a still cloud in the sky
He blessed the day and made it holy
It was the seventh day