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Songbird
Member Elite

since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

0 posted 2001-11-01 10:55 PM

God, Paradise was perfect
But the temptation to have all
My questions answered
Was too much
I wanted to have as much
Knowledge as you did
So I bite into the forbidden fruit
The taste was delicious
And you were wrong
I did not die..
So I offered it to Adam

He didn't have to bite into it
To see how much I enjoyed it
He wanted to taste it for himself
And that is exactly what he did

Then suddenly we both knew
That naked bodies should be covered
We were ashamed,
Then suddenly the air became cold
And we knew things
Would never be the same
We gathered fig leaves
And a twig, invented the needle
To sew the leaves together
With a vine
Fashioning our first set of clothes

But that was not enough to cover
The shame and the guilt we felt then
We knew we must hide
So we hid beneath the bushes
Hoping you would not see us
Yet knowing you would
We knew then that Satan had lied
Knowledge really wasn't what
We thought it would be
In gaining it we had lost more
Than it's worth

Our special time to speak to you in the garden
Now filled our hearts with fear
And yes we hid from you
You came to look for us
And called to us asking where we were
Knowing very well where we were
Yet wanting us to tell you

Yes Lord.. We are naked ..
And we know it...

Will you love us anyway?

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

1 posted 2001-11-01 11:32 PM

You know He does love us anyway! What a blessing!

Betty Lou Hebert

Lighthousebob
Member Elite

since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

2 posted 2001-11-02 10:24 AM

Songbird,

I love your roll playing... Your poem really gives the story of Eve in the Garden of Eden character. Also, thank you so very much for your kind responses to my poetry. I'm looking forward to further scenes in The Garden. -Bob

Wanda
Member

since 2001-10-23

Posts 461

3 posted 2001-11-02 01:02 PM

Songbird; I really like what you have done with this account from Genesis. Aren't we indeed thankful God does love as and accept us as we are and then makes a new creation of us. How blessed we are to know Him. Thank you for the wonderful read. Wanda

Stephanos

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since 2000-07-31

Posts 3618
Statesboro, GA, USA

4 posted 2001-11-02 04:08 PM

This is a great poem. It reminds us how dramatic were our beginnings, how deceitful and devastating sin is, how just and loving God is who would let (them / us) feel the pain of sin, yet promise a redeemer right there in the first pages of Genesis.

Great job.

Stephen.

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

5 posted 2001-11-03 12:56 PM

Dear Songbird I loved this. I tuned in to publish a poem on the very same subject before I saw this one. I am going to post it anyway, but I am afraid it will suffer beside yours. Love, Joyce

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