Eternal Rhapsody: A Sonnet Sequence of Apocalyptic Visions and Portraits

What was before Creation is not knownBy mortal intellects this MysteryIs only understood by God alone,Who spoke the Word, and all things came to be.Omnipotence looked out on emptiness,And Chaos suddenly was cast aside,The universe replaced it with success,When light outran the darkness with one stride.For space and time were brought into the game,And then the void began to disappear,Thus nothing was no more space overcameThe empty depths, and time at last was here.So Truth, before the Cosmos was designed,Was only known to God's Omniscient Mind.-Sonnet 12 of Eternal Rhapsody

Don Beach holds a BA and MA in English and creative writing and has published many poems in anthologies and magazines. He resides in Los Angeles, California.