Don’t be quick to blame and shame
for what you don’t see written.
Adam was with Eve
when tempted in the Garden.
Perhaps he was distracted
by an early form of football,
or suffered Yes-Dear-itis
or marital hearing loss.
Perhaps the snake was just
a test that broken humans failed.
Perhaps there was
a greater plan and Eve
was the beginning.
inspired by Toni Morrison’s “Eve Remembering”
published on Prolific Pulse
Perhaps it was a bird call that stopped me washing floors, and had me pack a knapsack full of everything I owned. I followed shafts of sunlight. I followed daisy chains. I followed clouds and rainbows
I loved to watch them fly, those wild geese. In my dreams, I was one of them. I felt the magic, the way to catch the wind, to soar above the roads packed with cars and trucks, all filled with angry pe
When I was young, I thought I was the best at everything I did, and I could do it all alone, no help from anyone. But everything is too much work and boring when it’s only me. Enthusiasm faded, I was
