...So Created...

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In October of 19 and 18
I opened my eyes....and
..........................There was light!
Out of the dark, the warm,
..........................The moist and formless,

Out of the chaos of wirling motion
Pressure...pressure...
Mind-blowing pressure,
Blind-striking fear,

Lung-bursting, teeth-grinding,
...........Arm-flailing, whirling
......................Whirling
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I opened my eyes........and
There was light,
And the world was born.

A lovely,
Bright and shining,
..........Opalescent, softly moving,
...................Dreamy world of light.
And when I tired of the play,
..........I called upon the dark;
..................And there was night.
And the evening and the morning
.........Were the first day.

And there was
Firmness beneath me,
........Solid, soft-supporting
..................Cradling and warm.
And above me
Sweet currents of heavenly air.
I had but to wave my arms,
........And lights danced,
..................Colors swirled. There were
Clouds of scented softness.

........And I created the waters
..................Of familiar moistness,
..................And the dry land, separated from the waters
And they came...and they left
........At my bidding,
.................And it was Good.
And I knew it was good.
And I knew I was God........to my world.

.........And lo, through all these many years,
.................As fast as my mind
............................Can whirl and dream,

As wide as my arms can reach,
...................My eyes can see;
.......As big as my heart can stretch out wide;
...................As far as my thoughts can spread,
.......I build my world.

....................Universally, Cosmically,
...............................Closely and Personally,
.........................................I flower it and seed it...
....................I rain and I dry it...
...............................I people it and warm it
.........................................With passion and fire
.........................................With hate and desire,
.........................................With color and light,
.........................................With cold and with night.
.....................I embrace it, reject it,
................................Ignore and inspect it
.........................................And hour by hour
....................................................It expands and it grows
.....................My creation.......My world

But what if I tire,
...........And what if I sleep?
........................Must it slowly expire and sink without sound
Back into the dark,
...........The formless and moist
.........................The motionless, silent
Stillness...............
..........Motionless
......................soundless
................................silent
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From whence I came.

.........Too bad........
.........It is a lovely world I made.
.........Still,
.........Once before, I slept......
..................And out of the chaos of
.........Mind-blowing pressure
..................Lung-bursting, arm-flailing
...........................Whirling.........

I opened my eyes
............................AND........

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From Life's a Bitch by GeoE

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