'First Step To Forever' Poem by Linda Winchell

Stepping out with such surety,
To a place called “Forever More”
Was mans first step to forever,
With the word “Forever” underscored.

Yet with each step placed upon,
Of hardened earthly crust,
Came more than mankind’s ignorance,
In everything that they touched.

Footprints were all we were asked to leave,
But we’ve left much more than that.
Chipping away at earths fragileness
Stripping forests of trees and life,
Leaving a barren and dead land plat.

Now the world is trying to fix its mistakes,
Too late for that I think.
We’ve killed off most of what once was,
And the waters pure are no longer fit to drink.

God however will come one day,
To reclaim what in His hands was formed.
And make again a brand new world
First steps to forever reborn.