Winner is Penny Kerr
The legend of the flood
Almost every country
Has a legend of a flood.
Some say from nature,
Some say from God.
It tells of a deluge
Covering the earth
Wiping away all sin
Giving man rebirth.
Is it a fairy tale,
One to set aside,
It’s only legacy,
The rainbow flag of Pride?
Or a parable,
A cataclysmic warning,
Saying ‘God’s annoyed
And tribulation’s dawning’.
Is it a legend,
Or undisputed fact?
Science reveals planet earth
Is not firmly intact.
Reports have emerged, to say
Seismisists have found
A sponge-like layer, water filled,
Beneath the solid ground.
Is what seemed fantastic
Truthful after all?
Did ground rupture, flooding earth,
Causing life to fall?
Did the rocks of watery deep
Burst apart that day
And, with rainfall from above,
Wash mankind away?
Yet not all had perished:
The deluge left a few –
The ancestors of us today.
We’re family, me and you!