Why wouldn't Eve have eaten of the fruit? <br />Didn't she have a hand to reach out with, <br />Fingers with which to make a fist? <br />Didn't Eve have a stomach for feeling hunger, <br />A tongue for feeling thirst, <br />A heart with which to love? <br /> <br />Well, then, why wouldn't Eve have eaten of the fruit? <br />Why would she merely have suppressed her wishes, <br />Regulated her steps, <br />Subdued her thirst? <br />Why would she have been so compelled <br />To keep Adam moving around in the Garden of Eden all their lives? <br /> <br />Because Eve did eat of the fruit, <br />There is sky and earth. <br />Because she has eaten, <br /> <br /> There are moon, sun, rivers, seas, <br /> <br />Because she has eaten, trees, plans and vines. <br /> <br />because Eve has eaten of the fruit <br /> <br /> there is joy, because she has eaten there is joy. <br /> <br />joy, joy- <br /> <br />Eating of the fruit, Eve made a heaven of the earth. <br /> <br />Eve, if you get hold of the fruit <br /> <br /> don't ever refrain from eating.<br /><br />Taslima Nasrin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/eve-oh-eve/
