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  • What Was It Like?

    What Was It Like?

    When God said, “Let there be light!”
    What was it like?

    An explosion of sound
    Like rolling thunder
    Clashing cymbals
    Booming drums
    Or a wildly cheering crowd?

    Or maybe it was glorious music
    An engaging ballad,
    An organ performance
    A symphony
    A marching band
    Perhaps an explosion of rock and roll.

    Perhaps it was a sweet solo,
    A Capella words with power
    A soprano reaching star high notes
    A bass rattling the foundations
    A rich contralto
    Or a rapper’s energy and rhythm.

    Or maybe the Word had no sound
    An explosion of light and color
    Beauty illumined by soundless word
    Dreams of mysterious symbols
    Sculptures of thought and design
    Even substantial structures of emotions.

    Even that might be insufficient, so
    A blueprint stretching infinitely
    Connections intricate and planned
    Mechanisms carrying unresisted power
    Measurements of incomprehensible precision
    A song, a picture, a word, an action, divine.

    Or just God’s Word.
    “And there was.”

    Dedicated to James Kristian McClellan. Maybe it’s you!