Years Ago And Eons Past

Years ago
and eons past,
when time was forever,
all was everywhere,
one was everything
He,
was One,
One
had always been
and ever was;
loneliness arose
it's mournful head
and the first tear
dropped
to fall
and fall.

Deep in the chasm
of immortal solitude
One watched,
followed the tear
traveling
through infinity,
endlessly
going on
and on,
not slowing,
not stopping,
riding
the winds of darkness
through the emptiness
of nothing...
and a second tear fell.

Years ago
and eons past,
having decided
to be empty no more,
One grabbed
a chunk of nothingness,
formed a ball,
threw it into the path
of the first tear
and watched
as the two came together
to form the first something
in the nothingness
of everywhere.

Solitude died.
Something existed.
One
was no longer
alone.
Yet,
the woeful head
of loneliness
still howled
it's aching
sigh.

One reached out,
kneaded Something,
forming it,
shaping it,
making it,
into a mass
of wet and dry,
high and low,
water and land,
Earth,
and still…
One was alone.

Years ago,
and eons past,
One saw
the second tear
in it's endless travail
of what once was
emptiness,
reached out
swatted it
and sparkles
filled the void
around the Earth.

One saw the glitter,
touched a small one,
saw it burst
into dazzling light,
saw the light
was good,
started Earth spinning,
called the bright side
day,
the dark side
night,
the end of day
was evening,
the end of night
was morning,

Years ago,
and eons past,
One
was everything,
God,
Creator
of all.
He
gave  man
His image…
He
gave us
Love,
and was lonely
no more.

Years ago
and eons past,
when time was forever,
all was everywhere,
one was everything
He,
was One,
and God...
God
had always been
and will ever be,
I gave my life,
my heart,
my soul,
to Him.

W. James Beard, Jr.