'Genetic Pottering'

This world of ours was perfect, created as a whole

By God in all His wisdom, and meant to suit our role,

He gave us all the Seasons, and the forests and the plains,

God gave the Earth its sunlight, and He gave the Earth its rains,

He showed His sense of beauty in the flora that Earth bears,

In fact, each thing upon the Earth showed God was One who cares,

The animals He placed here were each one part of His Plan,

But then catastrophe prevailed when He created Man,

A species of destruction, and of slaughter, and of greed,

Supposedly the highest, but who exceeds his need,

All things in God's Creation were specifically designed

To suit the Earth's environment, but now what do we find?

We see the scientific branch of man decides to show,

Perhaps God got it all wrong, and Man does better know

How Life should be created, so he invents the clone,

A sheep, and other life forms - but how long before his own?

This path is utter madness, it is so against God's Will,

He gave us means to reproduce, no other way should fill

This natural phenomenon, creation at its best,

But man in all his 'wisdom' likes to put things to the 'test',

You cannot 'toy' with Nature, for within it is a Power

That rules throughout the Universe, one day may come the hour

When Nature will rebel against all those who seek to make

Such changes to the Plan, think well, a Law Man should not break,

There is no need to meddle, everything has been well planned,

So stop genetic pottering, and leave Life in God's sure hand.

©  John Pemberton         1997