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God’s Fingerprint
God’s Fingerprint
On the Sistine, Michaelangelo painted God’s fingered thrust
giving with love the gift of Life to Man fresh from dust.
First breath, beneath the heavens! Second breath, on land and sea!
From then ‘til now, a thrusted finger sculpts Man’s destiny.
Not long ago, Instinct was his primal need and guide
when smells repelled, fires frightened and lightning made him hide
and stars up in the heavens were just punctures in the night
while reflections in the water were the ghosts he could not fight.
Then lightning struck and all beasts ran. Man made a mental leap
to stand his ground in thunder’s roar, a choice to not retreat,
and Nature merged with Instinct to define Creation’s goal
from God’s thrusted fingerprint now stamped upon his soul.
And if Time’s compressed into a day for beasts, for Man and flowers,
then Life with many a cell showed up in just the last twelve hours.
And dinosaurs walked on Earth last hour! Pre-Man, a minute or so!
Modern Man, you and I only just got here less than a second ago.
Still time to learn from wisdom! Still time to shed the fears
of pain and war mourned by moms who’ve cried a billion tears.
Embrace the Life that’s precious. Be proud you’re Man from dust
and fashioned by the hand of God in a single fingered thrust!
Namyh
On the Sistine, Michaelangelo painted God’s fingered thrust
giving with love the gift of Life to Man fresh from dust.
First breath, beneath the heavens! Second breath, on land and sea!
From then ‘til now, a thrusted finger sculpts Man’s destiny.
Not long ago, Instinct was his primal need and guide
when smells repelled, fires frightened and lightning made him hide
and stars up in the heavens were just punctures in the night
while reflections in the water were the ghosts he could not fight.
Then lightning struck and all beasts ran. Man made a mental leap
to stand his ground in thunder’s roar, a choice to not retreat,
and Nature merged with Instinct to define Creation’s goal
from God’s thrusted fingerprint now stamped upon his soul.
And if Time’s compressed into a day for beasts, for Man and flowers,
then Life with many a cell showed up in just the last twelve hours.
And dinosaurs walked on Earth last hour! Pre-Man, a minute or so!
Modern Man, you and I only just got here less than a second ago.
Still time to learn from wisdom! Still time to shed the fears
of pain and war mourned by moms who’ve cried a billion tears.
Embrace the Life that’s precious. Be proud you’re Man from dust
and fashioned by the hand of God in a single fingered thrust!
Namyh
Published 21st Feb 2024
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24th Feb 2024 7:07am
We are his fingerprint. Love the last lines:
Embrace the Life that’s precious. Be proud you’re Man from dust
and fashioned by the hand of God in a single fingered thrust!
Embrace the Life that’s precious. Be proud you’re Man from dust
and fashioned by the hand of God in a single fingered thrust!
1st Mar 2024 2:04am
SolomonS - After making us from dust, breathing in life and leaving His mark, maybe God was pointing to the future thus providing direction for a newly formed Man to begin his one small step for Mankind. I liked writing this and I’m so glad you enjoyed this too. I hope it helps when most needed and thanks for droppin’ in for a spell to leave a fingerprint or two. Namyh
