God-Forsaken (In Answer to Thomas Hardy’s “God-Forgotten”)
Jim January 9th, 2010
(who forsook who?)
I traveled far, and lo! I stood there too
Where Hardy stood with chiding voice
Sent thither by the sons of Earth to sue
Lord of the Universe
-”I know too well the race that on Earth trod,
By Me made to live in joy.
But they would not be creatures, rather god,
So I let them destroy
“The World I made and all in love I’d done,
For dreams of selfish glory lost.
And in the end I let them kill my Son,
To pay their folly’s cost.
“Oh, Adam’s son, don’t cry in bitter voice,
Nor blame me for the evil done.
It was your race that made the fateful choice
To walk the Earth alone.”