A great nothingness swelled and shrunk,
A thundering tumult of random motion.
A still expanse void of all things,
An utterly bleak unending ocean.

Within and without of this chaos,
For which no descriptive words exist,
God wove inward and outward,
Sewing order into the abyss.

This order has been named light,
And as light came so came shadow.
Together spun this new order,
And so went day, night, and morrow.

God looked upon his glorious creation,
And in it he took great pleasure.
So he created once again, when
Day ceased came sky and sea in together.

And so again dawn came over the world.
God reached down to gather the sea,
And the dry in between he called land,
Where the trees grew and fruit came to be.

God then made the moon, stars, and sun,
To give pace to day and brighten night.
With this God was pleased again,
With this division of the world's light.

Once again day came and by its light,
God filled his sea and air with life.
All these things God looked at with love,
And blessed them to ward off strife.

The sixth day dawned with promise,
And God brought forth the creatures of land.
He swelled with love to a great extent,
For his pleasure had never been so grand.

God's joy was so great he wished to share it,
And so he made man to love as well.
A creature free to love and serve as it would,
But without concept of heaven or hell.