Noah's Arc ~ Long Poem

Noah’s Arc ~ Long Poem

Part I

Mankind was filled

With lies and corruption

No one was listening

To gods’ instructions

Crime and murder

Climbed impossibly high

Society was horrific 

People spilled with lies

Murder

Adultery, rape

God's people were vexed

In a dystopian state

‘The devil is the reason

For the injustice we see!’

God thought to himself

‘How can they blame me?’

What became of stipulation

Through his solemnness

God bequeath his view

To make once again blessed

'I will cleanse the earth' he said

'With a torrential flood

And remove all from the earth

Saving Noah, who is good'

It was also his family

That God luminously chose

For they obeyed his order

And swore by the same foes

'Noah my son,

I call unto thee!'

I have come to a decision

I hope you can agree'

God explained his plan

To the last good man

And Noah reaffirmed

That mankind was damned

---part 2---

Noah began construction

Of the ship of his dreams

It was bigger than any other

That had existed or ever been

It was his dreams that helped him

Envision the plot

Ideas would appear,

He'd scribble down and jot

It was gods’ plan,

Specific instruction

For Noah to board animals.

This would sustain reproduction

God needed two of each animal

For the sake of procreating

Though while onboard

God forbid them from mating

So, Noah built 3 decks,

For birds, cattle, and game.

He made storage for the food

And vowed to treat all the animals the same.

He warned the people

Of the times to come

But none took Noah seriously,

They all believed he was dumb

They made much laughter

As time counted down

Noah built his ship,

Knowing they'd all soon drown

Part III

The sky relentlessly poured

Flooding the valleys and plains

God thought this was deserving

To the murderers, cheats, and gays

All the divine plans enacted

God never flinched at all

Noah was particularly ready

Minding the minor stall

The last of the animals were boarding,

The lions, hippo's and gazelle

The Angels stood ever vigilante

Asserting humanity to hell

The storm provoked a disaster

And the people begged for mercy

Some tried boarding

In a desolate frantic hurry

But there was no salvation

With the angels on guard

When the arc had closed

Humanity demised and fell hard

Wind and Lightning!

Ravaged the earth

Material possessions

No longer held any worth

The light protected

The last good man

As mankind panicked

Amidst gods’ dismal plans

The waters rose high

And the ship held form

The lepers and sick

Died first in this storm

Then it was the weak

The elderly and children

They had watched Noah for weeks

While mocking his vision

Some people swam

But they didn't last long

The hurricanes and oceans

Swept them along

The only survivors

Of this cataclysmic storm

Were the boat's passengers

Certainly now.. they would mourn..

Part 4

For many weeks

The ocean had woe

As pain and beauty

Would ebb and flow

The earth was now purged

And all that lived

Understood one irony,

Life is gods gift

The animals aboard

Were all safe and sound

They had earned their sea legs

And missed stable ground

And luckily for Noah,

He planned just enough food

He started to become fearful

That the lions would brood

He was fortunate enough

To receive gods word

That the earth would rise

From the waters that stir

It was some days later,

Once the storm stopped

The waters receded,

 Leaving them dreams of crops

As the boat stifled

To no direction and route

It suddenly collided

And Noahs vision became true

Land!  Home!

A place to belong

Were the animals might graze

And a man can write song

The animals scuttled out of the ship

After this long unnecessary trip

They were ordered to abstain from the food chain

Due to a severe population dip

God sent rations,

Food from above

He feared carnivores might perish

For them he had love

Awkwardly and unclear

God let them rest here

He made the survivors feel fortunate

After installing insurmountable fear