We are sitting side by side facing each other intimately underneath the forbidden tree. Everything feels right, the Garden of Eden lord god has created is perfect and I believe it will last forever. Then to my surprise, a hybrid of a snake and woman appears, wrapping her body around the tree.
She was nothing I have ever seen before; her presence makes me feel numb and emotionally frozen. Is there more to the world than I know? Is the reality of who I am more complex and profound than I understand? Now I am left wondering if or when my world and perception of it will change.The snake is speaking, and is tempting us to eat the fruit. I know that the Lord God forbid us to eat from the forbidden tree, seeing that if we do, we will die. Yet the snake is saying that we will live and become divine human beings who know good and bad. This was, deviously, tempting and perplexing.
Even considering all the negatives, I am going still going to eat the fruit. A million thoughts are going through my head, would anything change after I eat the fruit? Would my naive world be shattered? Is the snake lying to me? Am I going to die?The snake is passing the fruit to me; I eat the fruit and so does Adam. Suddenly I realize that we are naked. What is god sees us like this? Have we no shame? Immediately, I try to cover my self with my hands.
But what is happening to me? My body is changing, I touch my face and it feels wrinkled, I must be hideous. My body is starting to give away and sag, how can I let Adam see me like this? I feel inferior to him, as his body did not age. Someone is coming, I have to hide. The angel sees us; I hide behind Adam but I no longer feel a connection between us.The angel is threatening Adam with a sword, I am frightened and I feel sick to my stomach. I realize that Adam is protecting me; his face is turned towards me.
I try to avoid his gaze as I hunch down beside him. The angel is threatening us to leave the garden, Adam must hate me. After what I have done, I can not face him anymore. now we are forced to leave the garden and survive on While I stand here regretful and corrupted, my nai?? ve mind shattered like a child who sees the world for the first time.
For I now know the world can transform and, even more frightening, I can change with it.
