I am walking from this Garden of Eden

Naked, Shamed, Ripped, Battered, Torn

I ate from the tree

You warned me..but you also shined your fruit

You wanted me to eat of you and spill your juices onto my mouth

Tasting of you..you knew I would never be the same

Knowledge that didn’t exist before would now live w/in me

You took the whole of you away

Told me to stay

Wait awhile

The fruit wasn’t ripe enough yet

It was too late I now had hunger

That didn’t exist before

Insatiable, fierce, consuming

Only one food would set my soul at peace

Satisfy, and calm

Nourish and strengthen





I am walking away from this Garden of Eden

Naked, Shamed, Ripped, Battered, Torn

But I can still hear you

You say

Stay

Wait a while

The fruit wasn’t ripe enough yet

I was only thinking of you

Didn’t want to make you sick

I was only thinking of you

Didn’t know if I had anything to give

But, Your fruit was sweet

tender my bite was deep

I ate of You till I had my fill





I am walking away from this Garden of Eden

Naked, Shamed, Ripped, Battered, Torn

My heart weak from the journey

My lungs sore from the pain of breathing the dust of this desert

My eyes on fire from the tears that can not fall

No moisture is left in the barren world that is in me

Vultures circle overhead my bones heavy w/flesh

Sagging over this broken frame

You cant see me..I am too far away

But if you could

You would say

Stay, Wait a while

The fruit wasn’t ripe enough yet



You took the whole of you away

Told me to stay

Wait a while

The fruit wasn’t ripe enough yet

I am walking away from this Garden of Eden

Naked, Shamed, Ripped, Battered, Torn