After the start of the year I started in an on line poetry class. It has been a challenge for me to stretch beyond what I normally write and to find the Divine in each subject. The class is titled: The Study of Myth. This poem is from one of the earlier classes that included the story of Adam and Eve. So this is my version of Adam and Eve.
Succulent fruit hanging on the vine.
Humans and animals living in
harmony with the Divine.
Beauty of the creating Lord
flourishes in blooms and grasses
across the garden floor.
Adam and Eve stroll among the grasses and leaves,
living a life of grace and easy.
Man and women created to celebrate
the harmony and joy of this garden so great,
can pet the lions and play with the hounds,
and live in a world without barriers or .bounds
A garden of love for animals, insects, plants and trees.
A love of one another and the Divine Creative Source
Through the choice and thought’s they made,
God gave them the ability to co-create.
Universal Law a gift from God,
says it is your thoughts that create the life
and feelings you procreate.
In contemplation of wanting more
Adam and Eve ventured to the forbidden tree
protected by a serpent of truth.
Eve asked, “What is it you protect in this tree?”
Slithering in silence the snake left his perch,
to look the couple in the eye,
to see what questions
the souls were hiding inside.
As he looked he saw the souls trying to re-align,
“One choice can send your world in a spin,”
is what this serpent said to them.
“It is our right to know…what it is this tree does grow?”
Responded Eve.
The serpent moved closer to see what Adam didn’t show,
“Why are you so silent and not asking to know?”
Asked the snake then hissed and moved slow.
“It is my partner’s plight to see the truth in a different light,
and there is no one else for me to love so joyously.”
“Ahhh,” said the serpent,
“A couple so free, in a garden of bliss,
so eager to separate
from the Divine that created all of this.
Yes, it is your choice to taste the fruit.
And, I will tell you it is your choice that
grows the Garden of Eden
or creates a world of fears and hate.
Use your thoughts and choices wisely…
For they will quickly procreate.”
The serpent slide from the tree
to reveal the lush fruit.
In last words he said,
“You have received the message from your Creator,
Who has given you this freedom to choose.
And always, God will sit and wait for you,
Receiving you back regardless of what you think and do.
In re-alignment you will find the Garden of Eden is still divine.”
Further from the tree he slid,
and one last time looked back to see
the forms of Adam and Eve lose their radiant light
as they bite the fruit from the forbidden tree.
It did not take long for the ego to take hold
and the life of contrast ignite
into a world of illusions and fright.
God Is I Am 