TheBanyanTree: Living On The Edge

[Janice Money]

Jana,

I really like that poem.  It's got me thinking.  Thanks.

Janice

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IMHO, we're all still trying to overcome the curse of Eve.  To that, my
answer is this poem written a couple years ago.
 
        Genesis 2:25
 
Emme tugs her diaper off
and chortles as she toddles out of reach.
She is one.
Her nakedness is unadulterated
innocent
complete.
Her bare-beamed dance of joy'
is just a game.
He created us naked.
We hear the truth
but suffer to believe.
When we are not a part of God,
when we deny the Father,
we hide ourselves.
We fear the flame.
I hear this truth.
I claim this promise.
I am one.
For centuries, poor Eve
has borne the blame.
Eve's sin was not her nakedness,
it was her shame.
 
(c) Jana M. Ducret
2/2010