Originally published 11-09-19
I know this poem probably isn’t 100% doctrinally correct. The scriptures don’t have many details on the Garden of Eden, so it’s hard to know much about it with certainty.
The first sunset in the Garden of Eden
The birds
still figuring out how to fly,
tried anyway to flap up
and catch the colors.
The lion and the lamb
stopped playing to see
what made the lamb’s coat
as golden as the lion’s.
The trees,
who feared the dark of night,
were soothed by the flower
of the fading sun.
The crickets,
still untrained violinists,
competed to praise the shades
of beautiful light.
The clouds
tumbling through new air,
paused and held still
to frame the moment.
Adam and Eve
sat side by side
and watched the world
that God had made for them.
