Am I My Own Eve?

Nov 27

Am I my own Eve

Taking from what is not mine

To fulfill what I don’t need?

If what I take is not a glossy apple atop a forbidden tree

And temptation doesn’t coil green with envy

Then why is it that I still am drawn

To take liberally

From my own time and care

Which I give to others

Who discard my affection;

Perhaps I should be more greedy with myself

If I was given the world

In an agreement to keep myself whole

Then why is it that I

Continue to run with the scissors

That cut ties with my own disposition

And leave me longing

For others to validate my being

And why does it feel as though

That the flood runs rampant

And I wash myself out by giving myself away

But there is no arc to save me

And I am wiped away in the deluge

What if I am my own Eve

And the only sin

Is not a sin to mankind,

But rather the injustice I do to myself?

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