God's Error Poem by Herbert Nehrlich

And God did know
the time would come
when all the birds were silent
and rivers stopped.
When flowers died
and overnight
the earth went mad
and showered all
with pure abandon.

And man did never know
how he had plundered
and happily exploited
all that had been bestowed
upon his soul to follow him
throughout a modest life.

It was the seventh day,
when God discovered
that he had failed to add
the spark of sheer appreciation
to those who would not be
inside the Paradise called Eden.

Regardless of the heavy blame
He never changed his mind
and locked the gates of Paradise
to all his humans, for all times.

Yet humans still persist, untiringly
to search in desperate hope
for one small key.
In vain.