Written in 2015; I indicated 1 January 2015 as the date of writing; published on 20 December 2018; republished on 26 November 2020
- HOW OLD ARE YOU? A CONVERSATION BETWEEN GOD AND ADAM, a Myth by Alice B. Clagett
Dear Ones,
Here is a narrative poem about creation …
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
A CONVERSATION BETWEEN GOD AND ADAM
A Myth by Alice B. Clagett
2015
Quite some time ago,
one of my nieces asked me,
“How old are you?”
I said:
As old as Adam, nearly.
Had to be.
Soon after He created Adam,
God noticed him moping about.
So He said,
“What’s with the woeful face, my friend?”
And Adam said:
“Well, you know, Lord,
sometimes I feel so down….”
And God said: “I can see that.
Though I love you dearly
— like my own son, really
— it’s also true , I have a universe to run.
It’s a big job!”
Thereon Adam interjected:
“That’s so, but Heaven knows,
you’re The Guy to do it!”
“Well,” continued the Lord,
“when I’m off painting the autumn leaves,
or maybe making sure the waves have plenty of foam,
I can see where you might sometimes feel a little down.
Like Me, before I made you.”
So they put their heads together,
and Ta Daah!
came up with me!
My niece said, “That’s a joke, right?”
I said: “Believe it or not,
that’s exactly how it happened.”
Image: “Forest Ferns,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Forest Ferns,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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In love, light and joy,
Alice B. Clagett
I Am of the Stars
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