BANG

 

Bang!

Isn’t that how it all began?

Scientists tell us so

Like the gospels

Darwin’s disciples preach it

Talking of the creation myth

And the big bang theory

As if a theory has more weight

Than a myth

God didn’t create the universe

They say

But science with its big bang

I find it hard to believe

It cannot be so

Science cannot create a world

Or a universe

They can only end it

With a big bang

Science will ultimately destroy

What they play with life like a toy

They try to play god

With their own creations

Science gave us gun powder

Nuclear weaponry

Choking carbon monoxide

Acid rain

Holes in the ozone layer

I believe in the creation

And the creator

God created us all

With all our faults and frailties

And god gave us great abilities

But he also gave us reason

And the common good sense when not to use them

Just because we can do something

Doesn’t mean that we should

I believe god created a world to love

But if it all began

With that big bang

And nothing existed

Before that moment

Who lit the match?

Who pressed the button?

Who flicked the switch?

That caused the explosion

The bang

The ignition of life

In all its forms

Perhaps we are an experiment

In some cosmic crucible

Or the universe is contained

Within a dirty goldfish bowl

Whose water could imminently be refreshed?

It doesn’t really matter

How it started

Either by the creation myth

Or the big bang theory

The argument is like the universe

A question of balance

Good and bad

Great and small

Searing heat and freezing cold

High and low

There has to be an opposite

To give credence to either

All I know of the universe

The world

This life

Is its very special

Very precious

And finite

Which begs another question?

How will it end?

Will it be with a

Bang!