644 : The Caretaker

Sunday Whirl (Wordle #139) presents a list of words

that we must incorporate in a writing piece.  

The words this week are:

fix, apart, snatch, cover, pair, angel

waves, simple, box, clay, lies, moon

The Caretaker

Beneath the moon,

Beneath the clay,

In a simple box,

Lies a simple man.

He was a believer,

This simple man.

He believed 

That a celestial father,

Attended by a pair or so
Of luminous angels,

Would never, ever

Permit our world,

His world, 

Genesis one one,

To fall apart,

To come undone,

No matter 

How bad it got,

How hot it got.

It would never happen.

He believed that

No matter 

How many storms

And crashing waves

And searing droughts

And floods, 

And fires, 

And blizzards

Were visited upon us

To cover our world,

With pain, 

And suffering 

And death,

All within our control,

But beyond our will,

That his diety,
His God,
Would protect him,

That all would be well.

He believed that
God,

His God,

Would fix it all,

Would snatch him,

A true believer,

But a negligent caretaker,

From the unfortunate mess

That he had made

To a heaven 

Built of his desiring.

Never seeing that 

He had made a hell

From the one heaven that 

He would ever be given,

This simple man,

In a simple box,

Beneath the clay,

Beneath the moon.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2013

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