I am finally setting up a filing system for the hundreds of poem I have written over the last 25 years. This poem still rings true. So, I am sharing it with you.
I AM THAT EVE 10-27-1999
I am that Eve
who stood before that tree
and beheld the face of God
eye-to-eye,
as an equal.
I am that Eve
who chose to leave her father’s garden
for one of her own making,
God’s co-creator
of the garden of earthly delights.
I am that Eve
both Magdalen and Madonna
in reflection of God’s love,
an earthly and eternal
gift to man.
I am that Eve
who waits in stillness
and fruitfulness of Spirit
who would crush the head
of those who hiss their judgement of others.
I am that Eve
who takes the hand of man
and leads him from ignorance and lies
to self-knowledge, and places him
in the hands of God.
I am that Eve
who touches the roots
and taste the fruits
of ancient wisdom
and God’s own heart.
I am that Eve.
annarino writes 