I.
In the beginning: Creation. The black cave of the night enclosed us, and vague shadows, a dream of clouds, loomed. Goodness loomed and caressed the wet abyss.
Good willed the Light! Our eyes were open to the pearl of dawn which shone and mirrored Good. Black and White, Day and Night, the dawn of discernment, the very First Day.
The rift was wide and would be wider so Goodness reached away to make the Sky. A sky to split the liquid source. The Seas below and those above, the Seas of Space, the outer reaches, Heaven. A Second Day for us to fathom Heaven.
Then Goodness split the watery mass and out came land, land called Earth as separate from the Seas. And it was Good. Seeds sprouted grass and trees bore fruit. A legacy of plant life flourished. And yes, and yes, and yes, it was Good. Day Three.
"Let us plant the sky with lights, with signs that sparkle and mark the march of time." So the light of day, the Sun, was placed, as was that of night, the Moon and then so many, many stars, into the far-flung Sky. The Sun will guide the day and Moon the night and they will mark the divide of dark and light. Goodness in the Fourth Day.
Creatures of the seas - watery beasts and winged fowl that fly into the sky - these were allowed to breathe and be upon the waters and vapors of the earth, created and counseled to breed, bring forth their kinds to populate the Earth. Again, it was Good. The Fifth Day.
On the next day all the creatures of the land were formed. Cattle and creeping creatures that would live upon the soil, sucking up the grass and seed. Oh, it was Good.
Then Goodness sought to mold an image of itself, its kind - one to guide the fish, the birds, the cattle of the Earth. And so they were created - lad and lass, in Good's image blessed to foster fruit and spread their seed throughout the land, told to guide the beasts on land and sea and in the air, told to lead and fill the Earth with Life.
The lad and lass were shown what they would eat - leaves and seeds and grains and roots and fruit. This food was both for them and for the fish and lark and cow. The food was good, creation good, it all was Good. The Sixth Day.
