It
is said that it was the Serpent
That
first hissed the silver song of Love,
As it wrapped itself around Eve's
"Come
and touch the fruit of Knowledge,
To
know what is good and what is not,
What
is this and what is that,
To
finally know there
Is
another that is not you”
Instead of the Fruit of Mind
Where would we have wandered?
Perhaps,
Life would have found no force to know itself.
We might exist... but how so lowly a beast
Inarticulate and deaf to tears and joys.
Hearts bereft of knowing what it is to know.
"So come and taste the blessed fruit
That
will let slip the scales from sleepy eyes.
Let thoughts take root in
That there is someone else
Beyond
the boundaries of what is you."
We
are ashamed, for we are made separate.
But in the Falling from the Grace we gained the Blessing
Of what it is to leave and find our way home
again.
Love returned is the true gift of Eve,
The
fruit of that first Apple's bitter bite.