Poem: The Fallen

Paradise within reach
Eternal happiness in our hands
Tricked and fooled by another
Slipped thru our fingers like sand

Wide eyed children playing
Curiosity designed in our make
Not understanding the forbidden
The word “NO” we would not take

We had to know
We had to understand why
Couldn’t leave it alone
Tempted fate, had to try

The serpent beckoned
This garden is your own
Why must you stay away?
Why haven’t you been shown?

What knowledge is kept from you?
What is HE trying to hide?
Pull down a piece
That’s it, give it a try

In this paradise
This tree you cannot touch
Never eat from its fruit
Never do such

That was the law
Passed down on to us
But we didn’t obey
And we lost so much

The fruit in our hand
The serpent in our ear
The law that was spoken
We could not hear

Go on take a bite
The serpent began to hiss
You are in his image
Surely you deserve this

At that moment
Our heads full of lies
We couldn’t resist
We had to take that bite

The bittersweet juices of the fruit
They opened up our eyes
Things gone unnoticed
We now realized

We were naked
We were ashamed
We hid from HIM
Fear in us reigned

HE called out to us
Asked why we were hiding
At that moment HE knew
There was no denying

We had broken HIS one law
We had betrayed HIS trust
HE was filled with anger,
Sadness and disgust

At that moment
The punishment came
We were banished
To never come back again

We, ejected from paradise
The serpent, forced to crawl
We were ultimately responsible
For it all

We… The Fallen