Tuesday, 19 January 2021

Refugees from Paradise



Oh, the tragedy of Eden 
all the torment and the pain 
to be evicted from the Garden 
never to return again. 

Oh the sadness and the anguish 
to be severed from the source 
of life and hope and comfort 
nothing left but the remorse.

To wander in a strange land 
refugees from paradise 
no home, no hope, no future 
victims of our own device 

Banished from perfection 
from the presence of the One 
who cherished us and made us. 
No more moments in the sun.

Oh, the tragedy of Eden 
emerging from the rubble 
of rebellion in the Garden, 
the source of all our trouble 


Steve Wheeler © 19 January, 2021

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