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Poems

Genesis and you

From the January 1997 issue of The Christian Science Journal


Beginning right now, if you could choose
To identify yourself from the point of view
Of Genesis chapter one, or two,
Which would you rather have as you?

Man as formed from the dust of the ground
Is the creation described in Genesis two—
Imperfect, impure, no dominion found,
With woman formed from a lesser view.

Darkness, materialism, sin, and blight
Are all set forth in chapter two;
While chapter one, which speaks of light,
Is uplifting, spiritual, and the only true.

In creation according to Genesis one,
Dominion is given man, goodness too.
Man is God's image and likeness, His very own son,
Both male and female—the spiritual view.

Genesis one, or Genesis two?
The divine must be our point of view.
Matter's child was never true—
By the law of God, chapter one defines you!

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