The Potting Shed

by RC DeWinter

Title

The Potting Shed

Artist

RC DeWinter

Medium

Painting - Digital Oils-paintography-photopainting

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Copyright 2015 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved

On the Similarities of God and Gardening

I sometimes ponder the nature of God,
the God of the Old Testament in Christian scripture,
He who holds so many in His thrall.
Not that I believe this twaddle, mind you.
The superstitions of a tribe of Bronze Age nomads
have no place in the world I inhabit,
a world that does not much correspond
with the gaudy raucous jungle of my peers.
But I do wonder what it would be like
to wield the power of life and death,
to see and know all, to bring fire and flood,
pestilence and famine to creatures I created.

And then I shrug and return to my gardening,
the only activity in my universe
bearing the slightest resemblance to that awful majesty.
Knowing what is needed,
I plot the population of the world I am creating,
amend the earth in which the powerless will live,
plant and prune,
send and withhold rain,
relocate, segregate,
and destroy whole villages of unwelcome invaders.

I take this very seriously.
Being the arbiter of the fate of so many
is a daunting task,
fraught with difficult decisions,
requiring much in the way of planning.
I cannot comprehend wielding this much power
over sentient beings, nor would I wish to.
And why anyone would choose
to voluntarily subjugate themselves
by worshipping One who does
entirely escapes me.
~ copyright 2015 RC deWinter

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