Creatio

Then rose I of state dormant.

Bedighted th’ heavens with hues of vermillion

As Apollo was nascent.

Though, accompanied was I

By remnant oneiric;

Of dreamward plane not wholly departed.

Wherein upon me was bestowéd office of the omniscient

Tasked to engender the kosmos’ existence.

Anew awoke I, ‘twixt nebulous skies and earth verdant

How the folly of mind within me occasioned ideas magnificent

Thus, betook I to greet this thoughtful complexion

Anon succumbing to accustomed dreariness.

Alas! With weariness absconded and sight restoréd

My surroundings I deduced upon th’ opening of mine eye.

‘Twas th’ darkest of environs, so still and silent

Void magnificent that nought beareth.

For th’ learnéd souls and minds creative

Were but forms nonexistent 

With whom I, the Creator, was to endow life.

Yet, ere the orbs’ and the suns’ conjuring 

Did I ponder my preoccupation

As regards the prolonging of my future creation.

So thus, ‘twas light I conceived

To oppose the blackness abounding

Force primordial to sustain the galactic bodies.

Thereafter came the divers planets

Each of varied size and surface

Was I behooved to further th’ formation expansive

Thus, came th’ astros’ and comets’ construction.

Lo! Beauty ethereal begat I, the omnipotent.

Once interminable space replete with nothingness.

Absolute state that predated all physics.

Now, awesome domain governed by law complex.

Though, fecundity had ceased not,

I then betook to th’ creation of th’ seas, and th’ flora, and th’ creatures ambulant

And th’ boundary to discern th’ divine of mortality’s constituents.

And upon termination of tasks titanic

Sought I rest

As all beheld the marvels of my work.

I soon grew weak ‘fore drowsiness and betook to sleep

Most content with myself, the universe’s artisan