Sunday, February 23, 2014

Poem: Forbidden Fruit

Writing Group


I met with a writing group this afternoon.  This is the first time I have attempted anything like this and it did get my creative juices flowing.  So here is a new poem:

Forbidden Fruit

Adam and Eve 
living in paradise 
content 
yet curious 
about the tree 
in the middle 
bearing fruit 
they must never eat.

The serpent hissed
"Eve eat the apple.
The only reason
God forbade 
you this fruit 
was because 
he knew how wise 
it would make you so."

So Eve ate 
and shared the apple 
with Adam 
who ate it too!  
Eyes finally opened 
they looked at each other 
naked and 
devoid of innocence.  

"Now we know 
more than we should:
More than God 
would have us be.
Our eyes have been opened
and Pandora's box broken.
And now it's time to leave
our paradise forever."