Peaceful lush garden
Man and woman innocence
Naively content

Woman unnoticed
Wanders the garden alone
Serpent slithers in

Provocative snake
Challenging teasing reptile
Promising insight

Words of seduction
Spider web weaving forked tongue
Beware of his fangs!

Magnificent tree
The centre of the garden
A fruit is missing

Sweet rush of sugar
Instant awareness of self
No more innocence

Man wakes from slumber
Woman is hiding the snake
But the serpent bites

Venomous passion
Serpent's words linger in dreams
Vibrant images

Woman blunders once
Secrets revealed in silence
Tears repress anger

Fruit offered as truce
Passion shared beyond the dawn
Fruit still forbidden

Man suddenly saw
A snake's tail around her thigh
Was passion a lie?

Slithering away
The serpent had done his task
He was satisfied

Spoken violence
Darkness swallowed the garden
Knowledge was hurtful

Garden gates closed
Knowledge cannot be erased
Cherubs remind them

Woman remembers
blissfully lucid words
And the taste of fruit

Infinite sadness
Knowledge demands reflection
She cannot go back