Sonnet 9
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Although, dear Eve, it’s true that human wholeness
Unlike God’s own involves a synthesis
(In sum corporeality and soulness
Are normally at war: see Genesis);
And though His Garden and its laws comprise,
Despite their cycles which can temper time,
The tragic fact that every creature dies –
The foremost charge in all Promethean rime;
Without antitheses devised by God
We’d know not synchronicity nor love –
The fruits we taste, when on this path we’ve trod,
Which seem as if they’re sent from Him above. |
In God’s good judgement, therefore, let us
trust
And witness how the spirit leavens dust. |
12 Sonnets from Eden
by Michael Peach
30 May 1999 |
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