Friday, March 7, 2014

Don't eat the apple!

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." 

@JoSH Poetic Popcorn Poetry 2014

This poem was inspired by a writing group I joined recently.  We were given a number of writing prompts that got our creative juices going and this is what I came up with.  It's the age old story of Adam and Eve set in a poem.