Before there was God

There was nothing.
Not the word,
not the thought,
not even the darkness,
because darkness lacked light
to oppose it & conflict
is the purpose of existence
& without purpose
there is nothing.

Once,
every atom in our bodies
belonged to stars
torn from nothing
with the creation of God-
who made the Adam and Eve
to follow day, so it ends
where it began in the absence
of light.

Angels stand on the brink of life
& nothing feels like homecoming.