the Apple Gives Meaning to Life



the only way to the Father is by Jesus

the only way to anyone's father is by

their progeny & by them we can know

the personality & character of the father

so what is this life & its meaning in Jesus

it is the struggle of what we call good vs evil

the struggle of what we call human vs divine

the struggle of what we call life vs death

the struggle of what we call darkness vs light

the struggle of what we call truth vs lies

the struggle of what we call faith vs doubt

the struggle of what we call male vs female

the struggle of what we call pleasure vs pain

the struggle of what we call humanity vs inhumanity

that all this began with a directive & a tree

& from that tree incident a lie permeating

& saturating every aspect of natural life

an apple from conception to natural old age

while the antidote is not more of the apple

but less & less of its ignorance propaganda & lies

that we may see truth in heart & mind as it transpires

transforms & transfigures us by the cross to eternal life

About this poem

Garden of Eden Saga No matter from what strata of life we are born into, life is a struggle, because we live in the world in which the Saga of the Apple first transpired. Romans 8:19-25 Eccl. 1:2 Jer. 12:4, 11

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Written on June 05, 2021

Submitted by GiovanniRiccio on July 15, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme A X X X A B X X X C X X X D D X E X B C X E
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
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Words 199
Stanzas 22
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Giovanni Maria Tommaso

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