A Paradise Tale

                                        Inspired by and dedicated to Frank

Under the old tree of knowledge,

-                   - in the heart of night -

Adam and Eve shared their pure dreams,

Holding each other as they fell asleep,

The cold, humid scales of the serpent

and its corrupting, poisonous whispers

-                   - out of their mind.

A sudden echo broke into the silence

Chaining their sin in the middle of things

A fatal ignorance had  sealed  their  fortune

-                  - changing  everything .

The appointed angels remained silent

Knowin’ their hearts , they could only expect,

With the divine muses sent out of Eden

Falling into the vicious, evil temptation

-                  - would be their fate.

The sight of the new garden, of permitted fruit,

Left them both feeling lost and abandoned-

The holy light turned off, casting their shadows

         -  in a void of darkness.

Had they been aware of the cruel testing

And shared their premonitions of the fall

Their undeserved, merciless punishment

-                -  would still be ignored.