In The Day You Eat Thereof
When God created the man and woman,
he showed them that he had created them
their own garden,
but at the center of that garden
God had a tree
which he was keeping to himself,
and he said to them:
In the day you eat thereof
you will be guilty of death,
you will be guilty of murder,
of killing your children
every one of them.
In the day you eat thereof
you will become a fire and a flame
that consumes grasses and trees,
that consumes earth and water,
that consumes skies and peoples,
that consumes creation.
In the day you eat thereof
the knowing in your mind
will become the unknowing in your heart.
Your heart will turn to stone
and fall into a pit;
you will not be able to reach it
or recover it.
In the day you eat thereof
my word will become your death.
Your world will be your prison,
the solitary confinement
where you will pray to die.
Your spirit will be alone
with the breath in your nostrils.
You will regret having known joy;
the memory of joy
will seem like a mockery of your soul.
You will regret
having coveted the power of my existence.
In the day you eat thereof
my word will be your death
and this will be your only hope against hope;
for my word is powerful
and sharper than any two-edged sword,
dividing asunder soul and spirit,
judging the thoughts and intents of the heart,
and creating the day of rest.