The Creation

When I first heard Haydn’s Creation,

I was alone in my dorm room

At the University of Colorado.

My then best friend came jogging by

With my now husband,

And when they called up, “Hey!”

I made them come upstairs to hear

This incredible musical moment—

When God said, “Let there be light.”

For nine minutes, all is quiet and lovely, preparing.

Then God speaks, and, in one of the

Most glorious moments of words matching music,

The dynamic range explodes,

And the timpani goes crazy—

“And there was LIGHT.”