Black Poetry : God's Fingerprint

[Harry Hyman]

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 his 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 Heaven 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. He 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

 

[phynxofkemet]

This is

the first poem of yours I have had the pleasure to read. I'm not one to "critique" per se, but I know what I like, and this was nice. I enjoyed the point about how young mankind is to the earth and that we ought to awaken our consciousness to this blessing that we have before us called life.

 

[$$RICH$$]

yes this touch deep we surely must awaken to the truth and honor life we given

 

[Harry Hyman]

Phynxofkmt – I believe you hit it on the head. Often, we are a take-for-granted species capable of noble leaps and self inflicted spectacular tumbles. Perhaps it’s our youth. If the Earth is 4 1/2 Billion years old and we are 5 Million years old, then we’ve only been here for less than 1% of the time and even less than that in our present physical form. Where’s my pacifier? Thanks Phynx. Glad you liked. Namyh

 

[Harry Hyman]

Rich – We take for granted that we’ve been here a long, long time when in fact of geological time, we’ve been here less than a full blink of the eye. That boggles the mind. When searching for truth and honor, we should keep that in mind because we’ve only begun to look. Thanks so much for your words, Rich. Namyh