Heard just above the Hermitian Plains. You may have to listen carefully . . .
“Hey, it’s Me.”
“Have you got a second? . . .”
“A minute? . . .”
“Some time? . . .”
“You know what I mean. . . . ”
“Yes. I know you’re busy. . . .”
“Just stop what you’re doing. I need to talk to you. . . .”
“OK, thanks. I need your recipe for jelly. . . .”
“No, not that one. You’re special jelly. . . .”
“Of course I like your jelly. I just want to make my own. . . .”
“I know it’s her recipe. Can you ask her? . . . .”
“I’ll wait.”
“Hi. I asked him for your jelly recipe. . . .”
“Of course I like your jelly. I just want to make my own. . . .”
“He said I had to ask you. . . .”
“I promise. . . .”
“Yes. I promise I won’t give it to anyone else. . . .”
“Thanks. . . . ”
“She said ok. . . .”
“I know the others have asked . . . . ”
“Certainly, you can make an exception for Me . . . ”
“Don’t make Me pull rank on you . . . ”
“OK, I’m ready . . . ”
“Something to write on? . . . ”
“ . . . It’s Me. I think I can remember . . . ”
“OK, go ahead . . . ”
“Uh-huh . . . “
Huh? . . . “
Hmm . . . “
“Are you sure?”
“OK, go on . . . ”
“Is that everything? . . . ”
“That’s a lot of stuff . . . There’s more?”
“OK, then . . . ”
“Got it . . . Can I add some of my own stuff? . . . ”
“Good! . . . How do I begin? . . . ”
“Hot and fast. Then what? . . . ”
“Until it’s smooth and creamy . . . ”
“I’ll get back to you . . . ”
LATER . . . .
“It’s Me . . . ”
“Not really. I think I made a mistake. It’s not creamy. In fact it’s really lumpy . . .”
“Ok. I’l try that.”
SOMETIME LATER . . . .
“That didn’t work. It’s beginning to separate, and the lumps are getting bigger . . . Ok. I’ll try that ”
“That didn’t work either. It’s separating more, and faster. It’s becoming harder to work with . . . Be patient? Ok.”
“No change, except it’s lighter in color and still spreading . . . ”
“Did I add something? . . . . I told you I wanted to make my own . . .”
“I don’t want to tell you . . . ”
“Ok. . . . . . . . Atoms . . . ”
“I don’t know . . . . Just something I put together . . . ”
“Just some stuff . . . . ”
“Stuff . . . . You know . . .”
“Stop complaining. Are you going to help me, or not? . . .
LATER
“Ok . . . Right now there is kind of dark and murky, but it still separating rapidly . . . Stir it? . . . ”
“I’m stirring . . . ”
“That was good advice . . . There are some light and dark areas that come and go. So, it looks good . . I think I like it . . . ”
“Ok. We’ll talk soon.”
SOMETIME LATER
“Hey, a lot has happened since I last spoke with you? . . . .”
“Well, I made something I call sky. Then, I have some dry land surrounded by large bodies of water . . . . I decided to call them seas. I put some stuff on the land. Plants, trees and some other stuff . . . .”
“No. I don’t have a name for it yet . . . .”
“Listen, I have been at this for sometime. I going to take a nap. I’ll get back to you?”
LATER
“It’s really taking shape now. I put some stuff around it . . . .”
“Yeah. I want to provide some additional flavor . . . .”
“A sun, moon and lots of stars. I call them heavens . . . . It’s good. I really like it.”
“I think I need something more. Got any ideas? . . . .”
“Creatures that live in the waters, and that fly over the land . . . . Sounds good. I’ll work on it.”
LATER
“OK. I have sea creatures and birds that fly over it. You know, in the sky . . . . ”
“Right! . . . . Everything you suggested. I’m almost finished but I think I need some creatures for the land . . . I’ll do that tomorrow . . . .”
“Tomorrow? That’s an idea I came up with to help me keep track of what’s going on. The Sun I made causes the light and dark areas to come and go. Each time that happens I call that a day, and the following day I call tomorrow. So far now that’s happened four times. So there have been four tomorrows and a total of five days . . . . ”
“I know it’s little confusing. But, I told you I wanted something different. Looks real good now. I like it . . . . .”
“Don’t worry. I know it’s a little confusing, but you’ll catch on. Until tomorrow.”
TOMORROW COMES
“Good morning. . . . . .”
“Morning? That’s the early light of a day . . . . .”
“Right! You’re beginning to understand . . . And what day is this?”
“Day number six. Good! . . . .”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to sound condescending . . . . .”
“Today, that’s the day we’re in, I will begin to finish by making creatures for the land. I’ve decided on two kinds. Creatures that roam the land. There are many, and they will be called animals. And one special creature to care for the land. I will make that creature in my image, which I will call man and his name will be Adam. I will form man from the dust of my creation, and he will have domain over all creatures that I have made. . . . .”
“I’ll let you know when I’m finished.”
LATER
“I want you to be the first to know that I’m finished, and that I named my jelly Earth. . . . .”
“Yes, It’ done.”
“I have created Man in my image. In My image I have created Him. . .
Male and female I have created them . .
I blessed them by saying, “Be fertile and increase, fill the earth and master it . .
You will rule the fish of the sea and the birds of the sky and all the living things that creep on earth” . .
And then I said, ”See, I give you every seen-bearing plant that is upon all the earth, and every tree that that has seed-bearing fruit; they shall be your for food. .
And to all the animals on land, to all the birds of the sky, and to everything that creep on Earth, in which there is a breath of life, I give all the green plant for food.”
“Do you see what I have made, My friend. This is very good. Can we talk again about this Earth then, tomorrow? . . . “
“Good. Until then My Friend.”
DAY SEVEN
“Good morning . . . .”
“Yes. The Heavens and the Earth are now finished in all their array . . I am finished with all work that I have been doing. I have blessed this day. It is to be made holy as I have ceased all the work that I have done . . . ”
“Yes. He lives in Eden. I have placed him there . . . . “
“Yes. This will be the holiest of days . . . . “
“Yes. This will be the day of heaven and earth. When I made them . .”
“Yes, My friend I am so pleased. I promise you that I will rest this day . .”
MANY MANY DAYS LATER
“Hello. I am calling to say that I am filled with joy My friend . . . .”
“Yes. So much has happened. I have caused Eden to grow. Every tree is pleasing to the sight and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and bad . . And the man has given names to the cattle and to the birds of the sky and to the wild beasts . . and I do not want him to be alone. I made from him a helper, and the man said, This one at least is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This one shall be called Woman for from man was she taken. . . . .”
“Yes, My friend. I am filled with joy . . So long as they do not eat from the tree of life and knowledge they will preside over Eden and all creatures, fee to live without shame and, unlike Us, free of the burden of good and bad without end.”
SOME DAYS LATER
“Hello. Good friend . . . .”
“It is good to speak with you as well . . but it is with concern. Adam and the woman have eaten from the tree of knowledge of good and bad and they are now with shame. . . . .”
“Yes . . . . I have cursed both with pain and despair, and I have given the woman over to the man as wife, He has named her Eve. . . What more can be done My Friend? . . . .”
“Yes, I want to forgive. But, now that man has become like one of us, knowing good and bad, What if he should stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and live forever? . . . .”
“Banish him from the garden of Eden? Then to till the soil from which he was taken!” . . So be it. I will drive the man out and station East of the garden of Eden the cherubim and the fiery ever-turning sword to guard the way to the tree of life. . . Do you agree? . . . .”
“Thank you My Friend. Hence the man will know his wife. With My help they will conceive a son, Cain . In the course of time Cain will bring to Me and offering from the fruit of the soil. . . . .”
“Yes. Of course. Generations will follow.”
“Until then, please continue to be My Friend”
A GREAT MANY DAYS LATER
“It is good to speak with You. I have thought so much about You . . “
“No. . . I am afraid that all has not been well. . . . ”
“Yes. Adam’s line came forward. I created man, and I made him in My likeness. . . But as men began to increase in numbers on earth and daughters were born to them the Devine beings saw how beautiful the daughters were and took wives from among those that pleased them. . . The Nephilim cohabitated with the daughters of the men who bore them offspring, and became the men of renown. . . How great now is man’s wickedness on earth. . . Every plan devised by his mind has nothing but evil all the time. . . The Earth has become corrupt before Me, and filled with lawlessness. . . I regret that I have made man on the earth. . . My heart is saddened (old friend). I will blot out from the earth the men whom I created. . . . .”
“No! You cannot change my mind. All men together with beasts, creeping things and birds of the sky, I regret that I made them. . . . .”
“Yes. The loss will be eternal. . . . .”
Yes, I promise to reconsider. . . . .”
“Oh yes! My Friend. . . Will You serve as eternal witness then as I give praise to all Being? . . . .”
“Then I shall –
OH’ thief of beauty
Spare that within an unseen melancholy
Ebb as tide
Furtive, no
OH’ thief of beauty
Spare that within an unseen melancholy
Dare to be Icarus
Bestow upon bliss
Rejoice to receive
An ethereal kiss
OH’ thief of beauty
Spare that within an unseen melancholy
Restore what’s whole of this eternal soul
Requite an empty solitude
“Please share the burden of my heart, dear Friend.”
SOON A REPLY
Oh! yes, the moments of quiet refrain.
This timeless breach gives chance respite to
Echo’s dins, and Helios sin
Confusions spate, abhorrent hate
Forsake regret, take leave now! to forget.
“Are You there? . . I have a reply . . . .”
“You have. . . . .”
“Thank you my Friend. Your blessing will give My heart strength I will need . . . . .”
“All man, then . . . . except for Noah in whom I find favor. He will not be judged among men now or those that came before as he is blameless in his time, righteous and faithful. . . . .”
“Yes. By flood. I will instruct him to build an ark of wood for I have decided to put an end to all flesh and that I am about to destroy them with the Earth . . . .”
“Yes . . . . He will know that for my part I am about to bring the flood – waters upon the Earth – to destroy all flesh under the sky in which there is a breath of life; everything on Earth shall perish except Noah, for I will have a covenant with him, his sons, their wives and all the living creatures that live of and above the Earth. . . . .”
“Now! Let the flood be for forty days . . All existence on Earth will be blotted out – man, cattle, creeping things, and birds of the sky; they will be blotted out from the Earth. . . . .”
“Yes, My Friend. It has begun . . . . I will not end until the waters have swelled on the Earth one hundred and fifty days. Until then.”
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DAYS LATER
“Good morning . . . .”
“You were watching . . . . “
“Yes. Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that stirs the Earth has come out of the rack by families. . . Noah has built an alter to Me with burnt; offerings. . . Can you smell the pleasing odor? . . . . .”
“You can? . . . .”
“No. Never again will I doom the Earth because of man, since the devisings of man’s mind are evil from his youth; nor shall I ever again destroy every living being, as I have done. So long as the Earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter day and night shall not cease.” . . . .”
“Yes. You have my promise. I will seek patients My good Friend. . . . .”
“Will You serve as eternal witness as I seek strength from All Being? . . . . .”
“Then I shall –
“Your Being that inverts such hallowed silence;
Pure be the fluid shallows steep within the whole
Set to arouse malleable truth as transient light;
Ascend then towards your conscious allure;
For pure are the precious gifts too procure
Bring forth quiet restraint of permanent sight
Bring forth the restraint of All transient Light”
MANY GENERATIONS LATER
“It has been many days even for You and Me my Friend. . . . ”
“Yes, I have been patient, but silent to long. . . . .”
“They no longer speak to me. They only speak of me now, for I have become a pestilent obstacle incarnate within their carnal moorings. . . .”
“No, My Friend. There is no forgiveness, now. Not since Soddom have I sensed such personal betrayal. It is no longer the flesh. They have corrupted my sentient gift. . . .”
“You may be right. But, as to the consequences of my acts, judgement will be eternally mine. . . . .”
“Yes, I admit to have been all things. Omnipotent and omnipresent, good and just, father and son, both of the world and in the world, everywhere or nowhere and all knowing while offering free will. Just me and them. Has this been too much? . . . .”
“An Earthly Source? . . . .”
“It’s too late my friend. They have rejected the Source of all Light, making that Hallowed claim for themselves? . . . .”
“Yes. I will ask again –
ALL that is sacred has been denied – Deny Me once, deny Me forever – I have dispatched profits – Declared and undeclared – Sacrificed My Spirit –
I pray for naught – Honour those who beget them – Take not life that I have given to man and which belongs to Me – Revere the treasure of your neighbour – Respect the sacred vow – The Truth as the Light – Covet only the purest heart.
But –
False profits take the Source for their own – Craft craven courses of cowardly corruption betrayal and deceit – Profess as profits in My name Promises never made – Make those never kept – Betray nations for one piece of gold – Then slither into the dark abyss of the serpent’s cup –
Swift are you to sensuous sweet silence.
Will you come to dispose of such desperate repose.
Swift I will be.
Replace now! the elements of all empty space
Free ALL to see when things cease to be.
LATER
“Hello. I have been referred to you by a friend. Are you free to speak? . . .”
“Thank you. I am seeking a recipe for jelly. I was told that you might share yours. . . .”
“Yes. I tried his . . . .”
“Well . . . I don’t think I like it.”
This is the way it was heard Châz