God's Fingerprint

Man was given a seal of approval by the Almighty's fingerprint stamped upon his soul.

God’s Fingerprint 🙏🏽

On the Sistine, Michaelangelo painted God’s fingered thrust
giving with Love the gift of Life to Man fresh from dust.
First breath, beneath the Heavens! Second breath, on land and sea!
From then ‘til now, a thrusted finger sculpts his Destiny.

Not long ago, Instinct was his primal need and guide
when smells repelled, fires frightened and lightning made him hide
and stars up in the Heaven were just punctures in the night
while reflections in the water were the ghosts he could not fight.

Then Lightning struck and all beasts ran. He made a mental leap
to stand his ground in Thunder’s roar, a choice to “not” retreat.
And Nature merged with Instinct to define Creation’s goal
from God’s thrusted fingerprint now stamped upon his Soul.

And if Time’s compressed into a day for beasts, for Man and flowers,
then Life with many a cell showed up in just the last twelve hours.
And Dinosaurs walked on Earth last hour! Pre-Man, a minute or so!
Modern Man, you and I only just got here less than a second ago.

Still time to learn from Wisdom! Still time to shed the Fears
of pain and War mourned by moms who’ve cried a billion tears.
Embrace the Life that’s precious. Be proud you’re Man from dust
and fashioned by the hand of God in a single fingered thrust!

Namyh

Reviews

[Pencil2Pad]

Great work! I think your last stanza really summed up your poem beautifully; and I must admit, as I read the ending I found myself smiling. It's amazing to think that we were made " by the hand of God in a single fingered thrust".

[Namyh]

P2P - I was watching the movie "The Agony and the Ecstasy" for the 4th or 5th time and it eventually inspired this work. Poets! Go figure! Mighty glad you liked this and that it gave you a smile. Namyh