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Reverse Creation

The poem 'Reverse Creation' by Bernard Backman reflects on humanity's destructive actions that led to the degradation of Earth, portraying a bleak narrative of division, violence, and despair. It emphasizes the irony of seeking security and control through darkness, ultimately culminating in destruction and silence. The poem concludes with a poignant image of God weeping over the ruins of what was once a beautiful world.

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Reverse Creation

The poem 'Reverse Creation' by Bernard Backman reflects on humanity's destructive actions that led to the degradation of Earth, portraying a bleak narrative of division, violence, and despair. It emphasizes the irony of seeking security and control through darkness, ultimately culminating in destruction and silence. The poem concludes with a poignant image of God weeping over the ruins of what was once a beautiful world.

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Deepen Activity (Transforming Action 2)

Poem Reading

Read the poem, and then answer the questions under Points to Ponder On section.

Reverse Creation
By Bernard Backman

In the end, man destroyed the heaven called earth.


The earth had been beautiful until the spirit of man
moved over it and destroyed all things
And man said… Let there be darkness… and there was darkness
and man liked the darkness; so, he called it “SECURITY”
and he divided himself into races, religions, and classes of society…
And there was no evening and no morning
on the seventh day before the end.

And man said… Let there be strong government


to control us in our darkness.
Let there be armies to control our bodies, so that we may learn
to kill one another neatly and efficiently in our darkness…
And there was no evening and no morning
on the sixth day before the end.

And man said… Let there be rockets and bombs


to kill faster and easier
Let there be gas chambers and furnaces to be more thorough…
And there was no evening and no morning
on the fifth day before the end.

And man said…. Let there be drugs and other forms of escape
for there is this constant annoyance…
reality which is disturbing our comfort…
And there was no evening and no morning
on the fourth day before the end.
And man said… Let there be division among nations,
so that we may know who is our common enemy…
And there was no evening and no morning
on the third day before the end.

And finally, man said… Let us say that God thinks…


as we think, hate…. And kill…
And there was no evening and no morning
on the second day before the end.

On the last day, there was a great noise on the base of the earth.
Fire consumed the beautiful globe, and there was the SILENCE.
The blackened earth now rested to worship the one true GOD
And GOD saw all that men had done…
and in the silence, over the smoldering ruins….
HE WEPT.

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