In the garden of Eden
I saw you relishing the fruit
from its first encounter
with your senses
and you say
I was the stimulus?
You charged me for that
through books
through epics
through minstrels
and have been cursing me
since ages.
My captivating beauty
mesmerised you
till labour was alien.
My acts of breaking through
your prison walls
were sinful, said your Prophets.
My second sin makes me a castaway.
If not, I am whipped
and dragged by hair
back into the confinement.
I thank the enticer, however
for the fruit has made me mortal
and has thus afforded
the only possibilty
of liberation.
I saw you relishing the fruit
from its first encounter
with your senses
and you say
I was the stimulus?
You charged me for that
through books
through epics
through minstrels
and have been cursing me
since ages.
My captivating beauty
mesmerised you
till labour was alien.
My acts of breaking through
your prison walls
were sinful, said your Prophets.
My second sin makes me a castaway.
If not, I am whipped
and dragged by hair
back into the confinement.
I thank the enticer, however
for the fruit has made me mortal
and has thus afforded
the only possibilty
of liberation.
2 comments:
Such a beautiful decoration of words carrying a wonderful meaning........
A very nice depiction of the mythology! Reading it in the words of the descendent of Eve was touching. My poem ‘मैं हूँ’ too depicts the downtrodden and sacrificing aspects of women (will post it later).
‘My captivating beauty mesmerised you’!! But you know Amita, this captivating beauty is the weakness of men and the power of women used mostly to make men do sin, be it ignoring their ailing dependent parents, or killing their brother. There are very few women with this kind of weapon who do not use it the wrong way. But men are equally responsible for wagging their tail in front of the woman with this weapon. What I have felt is women are superior to men in all powers particularly mental and emotional except physical.
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