There is a place that once grew. A garden made for two.
A tree. A treason. Mankind evicted from Eden, ... for an obscure reason.
Curious, An angel flew down -biting into the apple- Adam and Eve had eaten.
Because the Lord's plan must be broken? The Angel pressed their luck... But ...why plant a tree,simply,to test their trust?
Now in a rush to reveal what was learned -before they could soar past those pearly gates- Lurid illumination eviscerates their pristine wings.
The Lord sees All: and He is Irate.
They create a crater as they collide with our world; exiled forever from the Lord's estate. They awake as a woman for their costly mistake.
Her place amongst the holy host is gone. Cursed with forbidden knowledge. Awareness of right and wrong. Exchanging a halo for free-will: Heaven is no longer a place she belongs.
The Angel outcast.
Cast out from her home. Forced to roam this world all alone. She sought out the Truth; Then her faith became clouded. There is few who listen to what she says now: yet still she shouts it.
She tells me-the former angel yells, "Devour fruit from the Tree of Knowledge ...if you dare.
but beware!!
God did not plant that tree...
It was already there."
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A (short) story reimagining the origins of the Tree of Knowledge and of an angel exiled after partaking in its fruit.