Garden of Eden Revisited

WriteEditSeek on Jul 20, 2009

Tags: Adam And Eve, apple, bible, Christianity, Garden of Eden, Myth, Mythology, prince of darkness, reinterpret, reinterpretation of, Satan, symbols, the devil

This poem explores and reinterprets the mystery of the Garden of Eden.

I too, met the serpent in the Garden

And I knew His name

His primal drive

Raw and penetrating implications

Weaving and winding through the jungle

Looking for prey

The Alpha

Seeking to destroy and devour

Threatening me

I cowered into fetal position

He engorged first my toes, then ankles, calves, thighs, pelvis, stomach, chest, arms, fingers, neck, chin, lips, nose, forehead in one ferocious gulp

I rode the length of His digestive tract

Before being dissolved in His belly

Strands of DNA become pure awareness

A conscious thought unaware of itself

He watched as He sloughed off His skin

Watched as the Alpha became the Omega

The spent potentiality of physicality

Watched as the pink, fresh flesh was reborn

Weaving through the paradise of First Man and First Woman

Tempted anew they succumbed

Heeded the beacon

The great call to adventure

To experience the With and the Without

The Question and the Answer

To be shattered from the inside out

They were blessed

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Comments (12)

Katie Marie on Jul 20, 2009
Some deep thinking here. Will have to ponder this.
OhSugar on Jul 20, 2009
Oh yes, we have all met this prince of darkness on this road called life. Sometimes he wins and sometimes not, if we are smart. Nice poem.
Pastor Curtis Barnett on Jul 20, 2009
wow!
Wow!
WOW!
Lost 4 words….
And yes there is a Princess of Darkness, I know her all to well….
Ruby Hawk on Jul 20, 2009
It’s the way we were made. Man or woman cannot stand alone. Nor would we want to.
Babyface Jam on Jul 21, 2009
Nice work. I’m stunned.
Jasin on Jul 22, 2009
Wow very beautiful and so full of temptation.
Nice work.
Aauhein on Aug 1, 2009
Unconventional-interesting
Jeremy James Noye on Aug 12, 2009
I love the way you used Alpha and Omega. In a lot of cultures naming something gives it greater power over our hearts.
Lostash on Aug 23, 2009
Very nice indeed! I’m not a religious person and its nice to see the story reinterpreted.
CaSundara on Aug 24, 2009
This is brilliant! I have somewhere in mind where I can add links to your articles – the audience there should be appreciative of your work and there’s around 20,000 people who could possibly visit as a result.($$$) I’ll pm you later about it. – off to read some more, first!
I really enjoyed this…
WriteEditSeek on Aug 24, 2009
Thank you all for reading and responding to my poem. You give me the courage to continue to write from my heart. Thank you!

CaSundara, I would be most appreciative of the recommendations you have. I look forward to your pm.
Melody SJAL on Aug 26, 2009
What an imaginative depiction. Great piece.