NOAH

God commanded me

to build an ark

too much wickedness in the world he tells me

the entire world must be destroyed

he must start the world anew

I do as he asks

the ark is built

He tells me to load my family upon the ark

and carry aboard every animal in the world in pairs

in this way the species can live

I do as he asks

I have to, he’s God

then he tells me to take along seven animals of each kind that is used

for sacrifice

in this way we can remain holy before the Lord

I do as he asks

my neighbors laugh and make fun of me

then it rains

forty days and forty nights.

we live in the ark

the flood waters rise until they engulf the world.

everyone and everything human or animal upon the world

dies.

the rain stops

I send forth a dove and it brings back an olive branch

when I release him again

he does not return

there is land for the waters have receded

there is hope for God has blessed us

he has promised never to destroy us by water or flood

he has placed his bow upon the sky

I am Noah

and I do as the Lord commands me

I am Noah

Noah

Noah…

4/23/08