THE COMPUTER OF THE MIND
"Where DID we come from," asked young Tim,
"I'd really like to know,
Not mum (and dad) - that sort of thing -
But years and years ago?"
The magic screen beside Tim's bed,
A sort of television,
Read the thoughts from in his head
With incredible precision.
The picture buzzed and squeaked and fuzzed
Yet stayed completely black.
"There's nothing there, maybe it's bust!"
Tim gave it a mighty smack!
Still nothing changed; then words shone out
Scrolling past in red.
"In the beginning there was nowt,
Nothing, zilch," they said.
"Let light appear!" - a heavenly sound
Boomed out all over the place.
From just a dot, then all around,
This light filled all of space.
A heavenly silver glistening light
Shone and gleamed a swirled.
The Voice again spoke out with might,
"Let's now create a world!"
Eddies came and span around,
A shapeless blob displayed.
Volcanic fire, exploding ground...
Young Tim was quite afraid.
But as he watched, the blob cooled down
To obvious shapes and forms;
Rivers and hills and sea and ground
But still with violent storms.
Next bit was weird, 'cos Tim had seen
The globe was changing fast.
What once glowed red was turning green,
The land was rich with grass!
The sky had cleared, the storms had gone;
It was a gorgeous blue.
A sun appeared - with warmth it shone
Brightly with brilliant hue.
The world was spinning very smooth,
Turning once each "day" -
Half with sun and half with moon
And stars to guide the way.
A closer glance revealed the sea
And it was changing, too.
Living creatures Tim could see
Were swimming in the blue.
Serpent things and fish and whales
Occupied the brine;
A million creatures, most with scales,
Appearing all the time.
Next the strangest thing occurred -
From water creatures crawled;
And, smooth with skin or thickly furred,
They formed the animal world.
The powerful Voice spoke out once more,
Expressing cheerful joy.
"Now I'll confess what this world's for -
It's home for girl and boy!"
From dirt and dust and sand and grit
A form was taking shape.
Tim thought he guessed the size of it -
A sort of naked ape!
But no; it stood erect and strong;
It was a man (like Tim)
And then a female came along
Companion just for him.
"Go out and multiply!" said Lord,
"This world is all for you,
It's pure and safe; you'll not be bored
We'll have adventures too."
The Lord proclaimed he'd done his best;
He'd done it very well
"And now I think I'll take a rest.
That's good for man as well!"
The screen went dim, his "box" closed down.
Tim hummed a happy song!
"A perfect world," thought Tim, then frowned -
"So what, on earth, went wrong?"
"If God is good and lovely; and creation is wonderful; then why DO things go wrong?"
"Why doesn't God DO something?"
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