eve's envy

12/9/10

leafy green and softest trees
grow dark and loom high over me;
brightest colours to soft pastels
grow pale and dark and cold as hell.
the snake can hiss a quiet laugh,
it's reading out my epitaph.
the sweetest taste goes bitter sour,
i stand and shake and fear for our
safety, security, what we hold dear;
the thought of you grips me with fear.
you were His favourite from the start
i'm but a compliment to His art.
the knowledge seeps into my veins
i feel shaky, mighty strange.
i cover my body and hold my face,
i see now i can be replaced.
i'm made from you, your slender frame
shows ribs a plenty for more the same;
and i could prove a rough first draft
a practice run to hone His craft.
a grave mistake, a fatal flaw,
as if flattery possessed my jaw
and made it bite into the fruit
the juice, like blood, soon found its route
dripping slowly down my chin
softly staining naked skin.
the stain it leaves will scar my breast
and my racing heart will never rest.
adam, please, take cover and hide
let no more ribs come from your side.
what if He makes eve disappear?
what am i left with, why am i here?
adam, promise you love me most,
go against this Sacred Host.
find in me a new paradise,
i will try and sweeten every vice.
adam, love, if i leave tonight,
please come with me, take a bite.
adam, love, if he takes me away,
take a bite before you sway.
adam, love, you must believe,
take a bite to save your eve.
adam, love, i'm full of fright,
please, for our sake, take a bite.

pages

12/8/2010

i sit alone, surrounded my pages
pages of works i have to read
that i'll never read
ideas of book i should read
that i'll never read
desires to know more, be more
desires to speak more, laugh more
desires to dance more, smile more
desires to kiss more, more than kiss more
i sit alone surrounded my pages
a million works about a million things
a million critically acclaimed pages
on everything i should know
everything smart people should know
everything i should want to know
but the desires piled on the pages
yearn for the one subject not listed
you.

i wrote you a page
i wrote me a page
one to stand out among the millions
one to fulfill all the desires
you.
i sit alone, surrounded by pages
with you
and your page.