MEDITATIONS ON CREATION
BY
FRANK A VOLLMER
GENESIS
IN CREATION MYTHS
A COMMON THEME
HAS GODS
INVOLVED IN SIBLING
SEX
RAPE
MURDER
TURF WARS
BUTCHERY
STRUGGLES FOR POWER
THE WORLD MADE
BY THEIR CHILDREN’S
BODIES
OR PARTS THEREOF
A CREATION STORY
AS CONCEIVED BY MEN
BUT WHEN THE JEWISH
SCRIBES
SURROUNDED
BY BABYLONIAN
IDOLATRY
DROWNED IN FOREIGN
GODS
TO WHICH THE JEWS
WERE SUSCEPTIBLE
REWROTE AND EDITED
THE GENESIS STORY
TO GIVE THEIR
DISPLACED COUNTRYMEN
HOPE
AND VISION
THEY INCORPORATED OF
COURSE
SOME OF THE OLD
BABYLONIAN TALES
SUCH AS THE FLOOD
AND THE TOWER OF
BABEL
BUT WHEN IT CAME TO
CREATION
THEY DID A HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY
NO STRUGGLE
NO CONSTANT SEX
AS THE EGYPTIANS
DID WITH THE BROTHER
AND SISTER
EARTH AND SKY
GOD SIMPLY SAID
BEGIN
AND IT WAS SO
GOD SAID
IT’S GOOD
NOW WHETHER IT TOOK
AN INSTANT
OR MILLENNIUMS
FOR FRUITION
IT DOESN’T MATTER
GOD SAID BEGIN
AND IT WAS
OUT OF NOTHING
IT WAS
BUT WHEN IT CAME TO
MAN
THE SPIRIT THAT
BROODED OVER THE ABYSS
BREATHED INTO HIM A
SOUL
MADE HIM THE CAPSTONE OF HIS CREATION
GOD SAID
THAT’S GOOD
THE JEWS KNEW THAT MAN WAS SPECIAL
MADE
NOT FROM THE SWEAT OF
BATTLE
THE BLOOD DROPS OF
WAR
THE SEMEN OF SEX
GOD SAID BEGIN
AND IT WAS
GOD SAID
LET US MAKE MAN
AND IT WAS SO
AND IT WAS GOOD
NO STRUGGLE
OH GOD TOLD A
FISHERMAN’S JOKE
WHEN HE ASKED JOB
IF HE COULD CATCH A
WHALE ON A HOOK
BUT THE JEWS KNEW
EVEN THOUGH
THEY WERE FOREIGNERS
IN A FOREIGN LAND
THAT THEY
AND EVERY MAN WAS
SPECIAL
NOT MADE BY ACCIDENT
BUT A DELIBERATE
CREATION
THAT GOD
THEN
NOW
AND ALWAYS
WOULD HOLD THEM IN
THE PALM OF HIS HAND
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HOUSE ON STILTS
DOWN THE SHORE WHERE
I LIVE
THEY BUILD HOUSES ON
STILTS
IT LOOKS ODD
AS IF THEY BUILT IT
FROM THE ROOF DOWN
AND FORGOT THE CELLAR
IT’S TO ALLOW THE
OCCASIONAL
HIGH TIDE
OR STORM SURGE
TO PASS UNDER THE
HOUSE
PROTECTING IT AND ITS
CONTENTS
HOW LIKE A MAN
TO COME TO A OCEAN’S
EDGE
BUILD ABOVE IT
OR OVER IT
A MORTAL’S WAY
OF WALKING ON WATER
HOW LIKE A MAN
TO COME TO THE
ENVELOPS EDGE
AND PUSH IT OUT
AND THIS WAS A TRAIT
THE CREATOR FATHER
GAVE MAN
TO QUESTION
TO SEEK ANSWERS
IT’S THE REASON
MAN HAS DONE GLORIOUS
THINGS
IT’S THE REASON
MAN HAS DONE
UN-GLORIOUS THINGS
NO TELLING WILL TEACH
HIM
HE HAS TO LEARN BY
HIMSELF
THE STOVE IS HOT
WE’VE HAD FOR TOO
LONG
A SPIRITUALITY
THAT DEHUMANIZES MAN
WOULD TURN US ALL
TO THE DESERT FATHERS
BUT MAN’S GREATEST
GIFT TO GOD
IS MAN FULLY ALIVE
AS ST IRENAEUS SAID
SO MAN CAN PLUMB THE
DEPTHS OF SPACE
THE DEPTHS OF HIS
SOUL
THE DEPTH OF
DEPRAVITY
BUT COME
BE THE MAN I CREATED
COME AND BE THE
WONDER OF MY WORKS
FOR MY WORD IS TRUE
AND WILL COME TO
FRUITION
IT NEEDS YOU
YOU
YOU AND YOU
TO BUILD A HOUSE
ABOVE THE STORM
ABOVE THE RAGING SEA
WHERE MEN WILL BE MEN
IN THE HOUSE THAT WE
SHALL BUILD
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MYTHS
I’VE BEEN READING A LOT
OF THE CREATION/DELUGE STORIES
COMMON TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN AREA
GEOLOGISTS ARE SAYING
THAT WITHIN HISTORY’S MEMORY
THE MEDITERRANEAN
BLACK
CASPIAN SEAS
WERE FORMED
OR DEFORMED
THE FOLK MEMORY
OF THESE EVENTS WAS SO STRONG
THEY CREATED A GENRE OF DELUGE STORIES
OF WHICH GENESIS IS ONE
IN PRIMITIVE THINKING
THE FLOOD WAS THE GODS ANGER
AT MAN’S SIN
OR BY THE NOISE HE MADE
DISTURBING THEM
EITHER WAY GOD RUED HIS CREATION
LIKE DISGRUNTLED TRADESMEN
THEY WANTED TO DESTROY WHAT THEY HAD MADE
START ANEW
AFTER THE FLOOD
WHAT THEY ENDED UP WITH
PEOPLE LIKE NOAH AND HIS SONS
NO BETTER THAN THE ONES WHO WENT BEFORE
US
A SINFUL PEOPLE
THE GODS DECIDED
FURTHER INTERFERENCE
WOULD NOT PRODUCE BETTER RESULTS
UNLIKE THE JEWISH BIBLE
THERE WAS NO SENSE OF SIN
AND REDEMPTION
BUT ANNOYED GODS
HAVING A HISSY FIT
WHILE THE ROOTS OF GENESIS
MAY BE BORROWED
THE UNIQUENESS OF GENESIS
SHOWS A GOD
WHO MADE MAN
BECAUSE HE WANTED TOO
KNOWING FULL WELL
HIS CREATION WOULD GO ASTRAY
HE MADE US ANYWAY
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HE
REMEMBERS
I
EXIST BECAUSE GOD REMEMBERS ME
IF
HE DIDN’T
I
WOULDN’T EVEN BE A PILE OF DUST
GOD
LOVES
AND
LIVES IN HIS CREATION
THE
WORLD CANNOT HOLD HIM
YET
HE DWELLS IN A GRAIN OF SAND
ALL
THAT IS CREATED BY HIM
IS
SACRED
AND
SHOULD BE HONORED
THE
EARTH SHOULD BE HONORED
BY
TENDER CARE
ITS
YIELD SHOULD BE SHARED BY ALL
ALL
LIVING THINGS SHOULD BE HONORED
AGAIN
THEIR
YIELD SHOULD BE SHARED BY ALL
AND
MAN SHOULD BE HONORED
THE
TOP OF CREATION
THERE
SHOULD BE NO KILLING
ON
GOD’S HOLY MOUNTAIN
NO
MAN SHOULD BE
HUNGRY
NAKED
OR
POOR
NO
MAN SHOULD BEG FOR WATER
BECAUSE
WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN
WE
ARE A SWIM WITH GOD
IN
HIM WE LIVE
MOVE
HAVE
OUR BEING
EACH
OF US COULD WEAR A SIGN
SAYING
I AM
GOD’S FAVORITE
HE
REMEMBERS
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WRITINGS
ON A WALL
IN A
KINGDOM FAR
AWAY
WHERE
MEN GO TO PONDER AND PRAY
THERE’S
A SIGN ON THE WALL
THAT
SAYS
PAIN
IN A HUMAN IS AN INSULT TO GOD
PAIN
IN A HUMAN THWARTS GOD’S PLAN
IT’S
A WALL BEFORE WHICH
SEEKERS
SIT PONDERING
WHAT
ARE ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ME
DOES
IT HAVE IMPLICATIONS BEYOND ME
CAN
I IGNORE IT OR SHOULD I
WE’RE
NOT TALKING ABOUT SELF INFLICTED PAIN
LIKE
WORK
EXERCISE
PLAY
GIVING
BIRTH
BUT
PAIN INFLICTED BY OTHERS
WITH
NO CONCERN
FOR
THEIR VICTIMS
OR
WORSE
ENJOYING
IT
GOD
WANTED WHAT WAS BEST FOR HIS CREATION
INFLICTED
PAIN
GOES
COUNTER TO HIS DREAM
FOR
HIS CREATION
SO A
COMMON CONSENT
OF
THOSE STUDYING THE WALL WAS
HOW
DOES MY CONDUCT AFFECT OTHERS
IF
MY CONDUCT AFFECTS GOD’S PLAN
WHAT
DROSS WILL I GAIN
TO
HURT GOD’S PLAN
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THE
LAKE
THE SPIRIT MOVED OVER THE WATER
CALLING THE SUN FROM ITS HIDING PLACE
WHETHER CLOUDY OR CLEAR
THE SUN SHONE
FAITHFUL TO ITS TASK
FAITHFUL TO THE JOURNEY
STEADFAST TO ITS COURSE
UNTIL LULLED TO SLEEP IN THE EVENING
AS THE SPIRIT WHISPERED LULLABIES
OVER THE WATER
SINGING THIS DAY IS GOOD
THIS JOURNEY OF A DAY
OR A SEASON
OR A YEAR
WHETHER THE LAKE IS FROZEN
ROUGH
OR MIRROR FLAT
THIS DAY IS GOOD
THE SPIRIT MOVES OVER THE WATER
TELLING THE WORLD OF GOD'S PURPOSE
AND DREAMS FOR HIS CREATION
WRITING ON THE WATER
THE RIPPLES OF A BREEZE
SENDING OUT THE MESSAGE
TO LAP UPON THE SHORES
NO MATTER HOW REMOTE
THE MESSAGE GOD IS
HE LOVES
HE CARES
THE SPIRIT MOVES OVER THE WATER
EVEN IN THE DARK
EVEN IN THE DARK
THE WIND WHISPERS
PREPARE
PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE SUN
PREPARE TO HEAR THE MESSAGE
GOD IS
HE LOVES
HE CARES
THE SPIRIT MOVES ABOVE THE WATER
AND CREATION IS RENEWED IN HIS PASSING
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THE POTTER
THE POTTER LOOKED AT THE WORK OF HIS HANDS
I SHALL CALL YOU
BELOVED OF MY HEART
SPOUSE …PARENT... FRIEND
YOU SHALL HOLD ALL THAT IS PRECIOUS TO ME
AND WHEN AS TIME WILL
THE VESSEL BREAKS
I SHALL CLAIM THE CONTENTS
AS MY OWN
EVEN THAT
WHICH YOU GAVE AWAY
AS SPOUSE …PARENT... FRIEND
INVESTING THE TALENTS I FILLED YOU WITH
AND YOU USED
HONORING MY NAME
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