The Garden of Eden

In the beginning

All two of us lived in a wonderful place

Called the Garden of Eden

Everywhere there was

Beauty

And harmony

And perfection

A truly great place to live

Then one day we ate a forbidden fruit

Suddenly, the beauty, harmony, and perfection was gone

And everywhere there was

Hardship

And cruelty

And pain

And we accepted our punishment

And say that’s just the way life is

But when you look with your heart

You will see

The beauty, harmony and perfection

In every flower and tree

In every fish, mammal, and bug

In every person around you

In even the hardship, cruelty and pain

And see right through the illusion

That we ever left the Garden at all

Ramron

September 17, 2000