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What Was Once Eden
by Jane E PearceEden razed-
every trillium,
blue gentian,orchid,
and bellflower gone.
Once succulent green leaves
have turned sere and grey,
and the forbidden fruit
no longer tempts.
Even the serpent. coiled
around his tree,
with his seducing eyes
is missing.
Eden- quietly purloined
in front of blind eyes,
too busy with spiraled
whirling hours
flying from horizon
to horizon-suddenly
burdened with the absence
of that world , become distant,
and detached,leaving
only the songs-
those wonderful songs
that remind of faces,
and hearts once held,
that now speak softly
in evening shadows.
Time erodes like a flesh
eating disease until
clocks cease to structure
the days.
07/25/2003 Posted on 07/25/2003
Copyright © 2026 Jane E Pearce
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Christel Crews on 07/26/03 at 09:25 PM beautiful piece- you never cease to amaze me! |
| Posted by Maryellen Lebeda-Parra on 07/27/03 at 06:27 AM yes, quite beautiful ... short here on what else to say |
| Posted by JD Clay on 07/27/03 at 05:25 PM Your marvelous poem carries a meaningful message, Jane, and the last four lines are prophetic.
You have certainly struck the chord that has slowly become out of tune in an amoralistic society.
Peace... |
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