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The Snake

October 14, 2011
By VandalSpirit DIAMOND, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
VandalSpirit DIAMOND, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
51 articles 9 photos 185 comments

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Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of Gods great love, we are not consumed. His compassion never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.


I take my first breath of life and look around
There are birds singing and I am confused
I decide they're friendly

A man is walking with me
My bones are from him
I think he's my husband, so I hold his hand

My hands are cupped around clear liquid
Am I supposed to drink it?
I take a sip and I know I was right

I hear a voice call out to me
My heart says he's my Father
I believe my heart

He puts me and my husband in a garden
My fingers curl around a daisy
And my nose fills with its scent

I am alone in the garden
The rule was "Don't eat, Eve.
Not here, not that fruit."
So I listen

I feel the snake slither up my arm before I process his voice
"Are you sure you cant eat it?"
I nod and begin to leave

"Don't you want to be smart like your Father?"

I stop in my tracks and ask him to repeat

"He's holding you back, doesn't want anyone to be stronger than him."
He hissed and smiled sickly sweet
"He doesn't want you to have his power"

I ponder the thought and begin to dream
I try to dismiss the thought but it wont leave

The snake guides my hand to a fruit and I let him
I pluck it and reconsider
"Do it."

I don't let myself think longer
And sink my teeth in
It's the sweetest taste
The most bitter
But against my will, I love it

I give it to my husband
And he savors his first bite
We look down and cry out as we see our nakedness
Only a tree hides us from our Father as he looks for us

The snake slithers down and smirks as sin consumes me

"Well done."



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on Dec. 22 2011 at 9:52 pm
VandalSpirit DIAMOND, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
51 articles 9 photos 185 comments

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Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of Gods great love, we are not consumed. His compassion never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Well, thank you very much for at least being honest. Any comments are welcome with me.

on Dec. 22 2011 at 8:33 pm
sunny.all.day. GOLD, Potomac, Maryland
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"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you."
— A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)
"writing is a struggle against silence" carlos fuentos
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

This was pretty good, but I thought Eve's thinking seemed a bit simplified. I understand that yes, she did just come into the world from Adam's bones, and I admire the fact that you did this from her perspective, but I just feel like you made her seem a little more naive than she might have been. I guess it's all opinion though. Personally, I think that since Eve and Adam were created in Go.d's image, they would feel more peace and understanding, instead of that part about drinking the "clear liquid." This is really good, I just feel like parts of it don't really match up with Eve. Butttt I did like the 2nd to last line "The snake slithers down and smirks as sin consumes me." :)

on Dec. 22 2011 at 6:25 pm
enc@geLoves BRONZE, Columbia, South Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Let not the world decieve thee with its beauty."

YOU did good. I like it.

on Nov. 11 2011 at 7:52 pm
kingofwriters BRONZE, DeWitt, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
"Books are a uniquely portable magic." - Stephen King

I love books, and I love technology, but I don't want to see the latter overwhelm the former. I just think books are meant to be pages you turn, not screens you scroll through.

Huh...quite an interesting poem! 4/5

JuStMe.DeZZi said...
on Oct. 21 2011 at 9:21 am
JuStMe.DeZZi, NA, Other
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Awesome poem, its nice to get a deeper look into the feelings Eve experienced before she took the apple. I noticed that rel.ig.ion, they don't allow re.lig.ous words on this site :(, ties into a few of your pieces, which is very encouring because I am also a chri.st.ian. I love the way you describe her thoughts from before she plucked the apple. Great poem!