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Image for the poem                          the earth convalescent

                        the earth convalescent

                                   that the earth could be depleted,        
                              like a seething crucible;        
                         that mankind could be defeated,        
                    how incomprehensible!        
                    when God called light out of darkness        
                         and commanded sky and sea,              
                              who could fathom human starkness        
                                   earth's new vile reality?        
         
                                   while the earth declared His glory,        
                              all the seas stayed in their place;        
                         no convulsions marred sod story,        
                    nor calm waters lose headspace:        
                    when He sprouted plants and flowers,        
                         fruited trees anthemed His Name,        
                              by Whose all-creative powers        
                                   sprang no error and no blame.        
         
                                   greater light to rule the daytime,        
                              that earth's glory might be seen;        
                         lesser lights to govern nighttime,        
                    where the moon and stars convene.        
                    peaceful waters in abundance        
                         nurtured new aquatic life;        
                              in the skies, without redundance,        
                                   zero wingéd creatures' strife.        
         
                                   thus earth's perfect constitution        
                              by God's Sovereign Word was bound        
                         when, by human institution,        
                    His Creation Work He crowned.        
                    Master Potter stooping over,        
                         lump of clay to work of art;        
                              sweet caressing by a Lover,        
                                   every feature a la carte.        
         
                                   Sovereign God and servant creature,        
                              Will of God and choice of man:        
                         thence arose man's sinful nature,        
                    choice defying God's Masterplan:        
                    disobedience in the Garden        
                         caused the first dried leaf to fall;        
                              bloodshed by our fallen warden        
                                   would the dues for sin forestall.        
         
                                   but man henceforth, from that dark hour,        
                              ill-consumed by vanity,        
                         has not ceased from lustful clamour,        
                    downfall of humanity.        
                    have we nurtured sea and forest        
                         with a tender, stretched-out hand,        
                              or are liberties we've cherished        
                                   in defiance of His Command?        
         
                                   have we reveled in self-worship,        
                              appetites insatiable,        
                         chained by dark entrepreneurship,        
                    seared by pride inflatable?        
                    while the heavn’s declare God's Glory,        
                         we have languished, halt and blind,        
                              scorning Sweet Redemption Story,        
                                   while lack-wisdom slays mankind.        
         
                                  Copyright 2021 September 07        
                                             by Clyve A. Bowen♫
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