“We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most human, is still soaked with the sense of exile.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
“When Adam ate the irrevocable apple, Thou
Saw’st beyond death the resurrection of the dead”
C.S. Lewis
(Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia / Julie Cook / 2016)
There once was a garden that was perfect in every sense.
There were no need for boundaries nor signs, not even a single fence.
Its beauty was undeniable as its splendor was amazing.
There were animals of every shape and size contently roaming and grazing.
The trees grew tall and the pastures lush, as the bushes grew full and wide…
While all manner of flower and fruit blossomed with unapologetic pride.
God sweetly handed man the keys proclaiming that he should now enjoy,
Creation could but only hope for a happy ending to this perfect story…
But happiness and peace were not to be this story’s blissful end…
For there was far more trauma and tragedy that this writer should have penned…
There were whispered lies and falsehoods uttered, as selfishness stepped on stage.
With the die being cast and death now laughing, it is only sorrow for this new age..
The gates to this most beautiful place were sealed and tightly locked.
As both seraphim and cherubim stood to the side confused and terribly shocked…
Forever banished now is Adam, with Eve right by his side…
Along with every hope and dream, which has each now quickly died…
Death this tragic day was given dominion over this now broken world…
As chaos and madness mixed together and evil loomed and swirled…
Our generation is no different from the rest with each now having come and gone…
We wonder if today’s the day as we look beyond this morning’s dawn.
Will Christ come riding triumphantly upon the clouds so white…
And will this once beautiful garden ever be returned to earth’s most anxious sight?
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.
Revelation 22:1-3
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