Apr 21, 2013 Uncategorized

Adam
©By Vijaya Sundaram
April 21st, 2013

The world tilts dizzily
And I lie here, with you waiting
For me to speak.
My tongue is curled
I’m on the edge of things.
On the edge of my life on this
Planet which took so much
And gave so much
And from which I got
The rich milk of my
Soul’s sustenance.
And which curdled in my stomach.

For I allowed myself
To taste of the fruit
Of evil.  I was tempted.
And you were loyal. 
I offered it to you,
Then blamed you for it all.

And I ask your forgiveness
For all that I did
For all that I did not do
For all that I said
For all that I did not say
For all that I’ve been
And for all that I was not.

For through me, not you
Came this sorrow, this rage
You tried to put it back,
But one cannot ever undo
Only do.

Forgive me,
For I have sinned.
And my sin is beyond name
And beyond recall
And before memory
And after my death.
And if I could have
Another chance, I would take it.

But now, I shall fade
Forever away, into the mists
Of memory, and no one will
Care to name me
Or what I did.
But I will prevail,
And you will sorrow.

I’m sorry.

~~~~~~~~~~~ The End ~~~~~~~~~~~

Tags: #NaPoWriMo, #Original Poetry, Adam to Eve, Evil, Fruit, The Apology