The Flood

by Gay Brown




THE EARTH WAS CORRUPT
WITH EVIL AND SIN
A PLACE OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
WHERE PERFECTION HAD BEEN
GEN 6:11


THE FALLEN LOOKED DOWN
ON THE DAUGHTERS OF MAN
AND TOOK THEM TO WIFE
DISRUPTING GOD'S PLAN
GEN 6:2


THEY LEFT THEIR ABODE
FROM THE HEAVENLIES THEY CAME
THEY WERE LEWD AND PERVERTED
TOOK DELIGHT IN THEIR SHAME
JUDE 1:6, 2 PETER 2:4


AND CHILDREN WERE BORN
AND A NEW RACE BEGAN
MIGHTY AND SAVAGE
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE LAND
GEN 6:4


AND GOD IN HIS ANGER
DEVISED A NEW PLAN
WOULD FLOOD EARTH WITH WATER
DESTROYING ALL MAN
GEN 6:7


NOW NOAH AND HIS FAMILY
WHOSE PEDIGREE WAS PURE
WOULD BE SAFE FROM DANGER
OF THAT GOD WAS SURE
GEN 6:9


SO GOD TOLD NOAH
TO BUILD A GREAT ARK
AND NOAH GOT BUSY
FROM DAYLIGHT TILL DARK
GEN 6:14


HE HAMMERED AND POUNDED
EACH NAIL HE MADE GAIN
HE WORKED ROUND THE CLOCK
TILL IT STARTED TO RAIN
GEN 7:12


THEY LAUGHED AND THEY MOCKED HIM
THEY THOUGHT HIM INSANE
TILL THE WATER WAS KNEE-DEEP
THEN THEY CALLED OUT HIS NAME


THE CLOUDS THEY BURST OPEN
THE FOUNTAINS DID TOO
THE MOUNTAINS WERE COVERED
IN AN OCEAN OF BLUE
GEN 7:11,12


Written by Gay Brown



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