B08 Disaster Follows Poem by Simple Simon

B08 Disaster Follows

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God told Moses again,
'Tell your brother Aaron,
To hold his stick over
Canals, pools and Nile River.'

What God said, Aaron did.
Out of the water jumped
Countless frogs everywhere
Onto the land, nook and corner.

Same trick magicians did.
Their frogs too joined the crowd,
Like a frog-army massive
That held Egypt captive.

The king called Moses and said,
'I wish, you pray to your God.
From this land, let the frogs go.
Then, I'll let your people go.'

Moses prayed so to God;
All frogs in the land died,
With widespread foul smell,
Excepting those in the Nile.

When all the frogs were gone,
The king became stubborn.
He wasn't willing to listen.
The situation did worsen.

As God said, Aaron struck
On the ground his stick;
This time, all the dusts,
In Egypt turned into gnats.

This trick, the magicians failed;
The Hebrew God, they hailed.
But the king refused even then,
As God made him stubborn.

God sent much flies to swarm,
That brought all the more harm
To all the kinds of lives,
Stung by these flies.

God then sent disease
That caused animals' demise,
And painful boils thereafter,
That caused terror everywhere.

He sent next hailstorm;
With thunder, it came;
Followed by locusts,
And then by darkness.

'With My raised hand
I could have in this land
Killed all your people;
But I gave you chances ample.'

'To show you My power,
I allowed you to live here,
As this will spread My fame
In the world with My name.'

Despite God's warning,
The king was refusing
Every time to liberate,
And the Hebrews to go out.

Moses Announces the
Death of the First-Born.

God said, 'Moses, I'll send
One drastic punishment to bend
The king down to his knees,
And he'll come to his senses.'

'Every first-born son
From the King's son
To the slave's son:
All will die soon.'

It was a terrible midnight,
With all suspense and fright.
It was a horrible sight,
In the land of Egypt.

Death of the first-born,
Was so total and sudden,
That gave the king, a rude shock,
And made his country, a wreck.

He called Moses and Aaron
And said, 'Get out soon.
With all your wealth,
And cause no more death.'

Gold and silver, whatever
The Egyptians held as treasure,
The Israelites carried away
On their liberation-day.

The Israelites Leave Egypt

The Israelites won their freedom
From slavery in the kingdom,
And they set out on foot,
With food and their loot.

From Rameses to Sukkoth,
It was a walk mammoth,
Of six hundred thousand men
Barring women and children

430 years was a long wait
For them to come out.
But, it was all God's mercy
That freed them from slavery.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sandra Fowler 29 September 2006

The judgment and mercy of God both displayed in these vivid verses. Awesome write, Simon. Warm regards, Sandra

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