SKETCHING SALVATION
I love apples
Apples first came into my life at Christmas
Christmas was a time for toys
Toys and apples and clearing away cobwebs
Cobwebs in the old days make one sneeze
Sneeze, achoo, God bless you
You want to know where is this poem going,
Going way back to a garden
Garden in paradise
Paradise, a place of every, except that one
One apple tree stood in the middle
Middle, then place of temptation
Temptation spoke with a voice,
Voice of promise,
Promise of greatness,
Greatness as of being God
God walked in the coolness of evening
Evening is a lovely time of day
Day moon were you out yet?
Yet, he questioned the man and woman
Woman was blamed, she made me do it
It, translates to disobedience not eating
Eating apples are nourishing
Nourishing the human fallen spirit
Spirit, God, creator, love itself;
Itself gave of himself, in forgiveness
Forgiveness, born on Christmas Day
Day of new beginnings, salvation's story.
SKETCHING SALVATION © gillena cox 2019
Blog hopping today with Poet United Mid week motif ~ Forgiveness
Of course woman was forgiven--there is Christmas after all! And man, was he forgiven for blaming her in the first place? What a tremendous poem!
ReplyDeleteWas he, i wonder and ponder and turn my words of answering to Divine love
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Beautiful, Gillena. I especially love the stanza about God walking in the evening.
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Gillena,
ReplyDeleteA superb poem to illustrate the subject of forgiveness....a perfect read..the story of salvation..
Thank you for your appreciation Eileen
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What a fascinating read and construction of the poem Gillena.
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the greatness of being God... Pride. Perhaps the first sin. ?
ReplyDeleteWrapped in with disobedience, i think do too.
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I love the way your poem moves from apples to Christmas, to a garden and to forgiveness, Gillena! I also enjoyed the image of God walking in the coolness of evening and was sad that woman took the blame.
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I love how the apple grows into such a big and meaningful story
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I like Susan's question - what about the man who blamed the woman - was he ever forgiven? Did he forgive himself?
ReplyDeleteGood questions Rajani, i think divine gifts are given to all, some claim them some dont
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Gillena
ReplyDeleteLife giving forgiveness - amen.
It was always in the Master's plan wasnt it!
Much love to you as you seek and serve.
~Moonie
Amen thanks for dropping by
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YUM
ReplyDeleteYeah, apples are yummy fruit
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Forgiveness, like apples, also nourishes the fallen human spirit.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Happy you dropped by MMT
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Beautiful poem, Gillena!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by Sara
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