playing God

God made the heavens and the earth,
beautiful, sanctified, blessed,
then God made creatures
flying, prowling, crawling, walking.

the human being,
created in God's image,
his finest creation,
his new world's destroyer.

his judgment made them rulers
over all,
betrayed, with a single sin,
God turned his face away.

Freewill was our privilege,
our downfall,
Man was not content,
playing second fiddle.

Man made,
Man obliterated,
Man killed,
Man wept.

God looked on,
as Man made new that which was old,
as Man rewrought the world,
as was Man's choice to.

Yet God loved Man,
as one loves a first-born,
Man deviant,
God forgiving.