The Almighty is not to blame
Love permeates His acts, and justice
Really, the sixth day came
Conjuring up, first, a world of beasts.
Next came Adam, and then, Eve.
The serpent was sly, uttering hateful lies,
Tricking Eve, when alone
The forbidden fruit turned enticing…
Alas! When Adam returned, he browsed
In a moment of infatuation,
And failing faith,
And fell flat like placards in Eve’s hands.
Well, as for the serpent,
The insect that eats up the vegetable
Lies right inside the vegetable
Misery…Misery it came.
And even now, Eve was yet to be known.
She was yet to conceive the wondrous
Breed of awesome ones.
- Shina Olusanya, the poet
