Monday, December 2, 2013

Eve

I sliced the red skin crosswise cutting
my palm and leaking juice through my
fingers and the sensation was
new and I was alive for the first time.  I saw
the seeded star buried inside
its five points pulsing
the five great mysteries of life and
I was aware for the first time.  I smelled
the sweetness of my blood mingled
with the pale juice
and licked my palm and was ecstatic for
the first time.  The dull days of Eden are replaced
and I can hear music in my head.  No longer
outward, but now inward dwelling.  I can
understand how the leaves cling to the tree
for the first fall.  I can imagine the fruit to come
after the blossom in the spring.  I can lean 
against the bark and climb and know it can hold me 
and I can remember how it was before pain and I
will dream of other gardens and other trees and 
other apples for almost forever.

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