Death Wish Kiss

This is a phenomenal read
So much bounce and attitude
Coming of age
Coming of woman
Coming to grips
You don't post often but when you do, it's an avalanche of feeling
Amigio says BIG LIKE

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Hey You!! Hehehe

You got me in a mood with all your friggin' art. LOL
Thank you so much for the snaps amigo!!!
Smiling as I type this reply:)
I've been thinking on this for a while. Finally turned on my music portal and off to the races!!

Thanks for the RL amigo:)

Hey, I didn't recognize your new avatar - that I dig btw:)
Thank you for your snaps amiga!!
Just a thought. My mom is instrumental in my upbringing.
She is my core. No Adelphina without her. I was wanting to put this in perspective of a missing mother as well. God is mostly depicted as a male.
I was going to make this into a song but maybe next one.
Thank you for the RL!!!! Woop Woop

Hey BP.

I'm so happy you enjoyed. I love to
vent using poetry as an outlet on lots of topics.

Thanks for commenting and stopping by:)

Dear A,

Biblical stories. Ugh! I’ve spent a lifetime trying to understand the parables and I give (I haven’t really spent a lifetime. Only the the time I spent in church- but it totally felt like a lifetime). The bible wins. I don’t get most of. The rib thing and the apple biting, we are supposed to have a choice right? So why not choose knowledge? You’ll notice the boy character didn’t want to take the first bite. Hmmmm…what does that say? and do NOT get me started on the prodigal son story! And Sodom and Gomorrah? Sit down! I really love the reflection of this poem and the purposeful deflection presented by the church because I don’t think the bible actually means what we’re taught.
Well done. H🌷

Hey H!!!

So happy to see you stopped by for a comment.
Just thought I'd speak up on behalf of Eve.
I'm a girl's girl. I don't really care if you are right or wrong.
We will roll together until the ice skates fall off. hehehe
And I will be there for you when you fall as well.
All about women empowerment which apparently started with
her and the apple.

Thank you so much for the RL amiga!!!

Great write, awesome read
Love and light
Ron x

Thank you!!!

Just a thought about God and Eve. No biggie. Yikes!!
It's okay to question and disagree with some bible stuff.
I was raised Catholic but all those rules and being casted
to hell if you don't agree - just doesn't sit well with me.

Thanks for stopping by and the RL amigo:)

Another spectacular write Adelphina. I do love all of the biblical aspects you tied into this to profound write and all of the questions. There are definitely things I don't agree with either. I tend to shy away from writing about it though. Pretty sure the serpent would have had an easy time convincing me. lol And I like how you tied in missing having a Mom. My Mom is also my core so I could really appreciate what you were saying there. Great job on this as always!

Ha!
I just finished reading you poem and left a comment.

Thank you for the snaps!! I use to shy away from it but I have
a great relationship with god outside of church and we debate. LOL

Sometimes I wonder if God uses muses to talk to us with. I know it sounds crazy but never in my life did I ever think I would be a writer. Not even once till after I had my boys. I got in tune with my inner voices that pestered and off I went.

Where would we be without our moms:)

Thanks for the comment and RL chica:)

Hahahah.

Hell yeah!! Pun intended. (I believe god has a sense of humor and appreciates healthy debate)

Until winter came -  then I am jacking all the leaves and making a coat. I am tiny and would freeze.

We should remember it was written by people. Not god. And I say that with much respect for what people believe in. It saved my best friends life who was going down a very dark path. She thanks god every day for the strength to change. Me too actually but I always remind her she put the work in as well. It was a partnership.  

Thanks for commenting amigo:)
and the RL

Man...poor Eve never caught a break. LOL

Good attempt to look at the events from her viewpoint. I do find the creation account moving to think of (Adam and Eve have a romantic ring to me) though I don't associate with the misogynistic teaching the Fall inspired (views I have shown in my own poem in this section Nudity, Theology and Femininity).

Hi.  
Thank you for taking a look at this. I appreciate all views. I have only boys in my household. For me my upbringing is very in tune with my mother. Do not know where I would be without her voice relating to female issues. Something I don't think males have a grasp on even with good intentions. Not to say there are no great guys out there. There are many. But sometimes we need a female perspective on things. Eve didn't have one. I feel in a way that tree was her mom and gave her knowledge beyond what she was taught. It's just a thought. I love men. I have two sons and a great husband.  

Thank you so much for your comment  
I enjoyed reading your perspective:)

Wow,, you got talent,, that's spiritual, no pun intended. When I was going to school, God that was back in the stone age.
We had to learn off all these poems by heart,, how I hated it with a passion.
I can still remember some names and a few lines from some of them.
We had this English book of poems and short stories, hated the poems but liked the stories.
Funny thing is, now I honestly wish I still had that book.
💜💜💜

Hello Again,

Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed.
I wasn't into poetry when I was younger.
Too busy experiencing life and gathering data to write later in life
without knowing. LOL
If you enjoyed this one try reading White Midnight.
It's my personal favorite. I posted it when I was still fairly new here.
You might enjoy.

Thanks for reading!!!

We like this piece with it's flow and the weaving of biblical into it makes it a little different. Spiritual poetry isn't usually well received here, but we can see why this piece is so well liked. We only have one question, if Eve is of Adam's bone wouldn't he be here father or mother. Please don't answer that it's just our mind rumbling and us try to  be funny. Tight piece Lady

Hahahah. Too funny. Yes. Never thought of it that way.
Good point y'all. LOL

I'm so glad everyone enjoyed this piece.
This comment is heartfelt:)

I gotta answer the question!!! Can't help it.
God took the rib from Adam and made Eve.
So he is their dad. hehehe

Thanks for the stop and reading amigos!!

Heads up, we are only one, I IS ME

Thank you for the clarification:)
I didn't want to offend.

We're not offended

I was raised in a very strict religious home. I went to a religious school. I had Bible class every day at school and chapel on Friday. We also went to church Wednesday night, Sunday morning and Sunday night. To say it felt like overkill is hardly an understatement. All that aside, I came to God on my own in my late twenties. This piece really speaks to me because I too have always felt almost offended at what transpired in the Garden. I have so many questions. Like for starters, if our devotion is a choice, why is the alternative damnation? Anyway...this little VBS girl really digs this piece.

Hi Eerie

Thanks for reading. Was something I was thinking about for a while.
I get what you are saying. Why even put the tree there? I think we should be a lot more tolerant of what people believe. As long as you are not hurting anyone else and treat people with respect - go live your life.  Wish everyone happiness and be gracious with others.

Thanks for the RL and giving me your thoughts:)

this is amazing..far better than my work. give me a min for an in depth comment. i have a lot to say

I love the perspective you have going on here! Eve and Lilith have often been nastily demonized or slandered a tad overmuch by mainstream religions methinks, so it is great to read a poem that shows a more heroic side to Eve, as this one does. It reminds me of Milton's Paradise Lost, in which you get to see a different perspective on certain Biblical events that thinks outside the box and shows that there can be many sides to certain stories that are not always evident in the original scriptures. Rebellion is not always about defiance, but sometimes it can be a result of a person feeling that they have been treated unfairly, and definitely tangling knowledge before someone and saying: "Sorry, you are too primitive, you will not be able to handle it!" is rather unfair. Clearly, Eve could and did handle it quite well, and in the end did her own thing very nicely. They always paint her as being submissive, weak-willed, or whatever... but she was more like Lilith than many may realize. Strong-willed, independent-thinking, and able to balance her curiosity with enough intelligence to realize that there was more to the reality that she had been confined in within Eden. A wider universe beyond the limited knowledge she had been allowed to possess. I think that is the greatest appeal of works like yours here, and Milton's... it humanizes the subject being written about, allowing the reader to be able to relate with the protagonist(s) in a meaningful way. Love it! Definitely one of the better poems on this subject I've read in a while.

Thanks Kara

Rebellion can be liberating and empowering. I felt she was braving
a new path for herself. Took issues into her own hands and took a bite. I don't always want to listen to advice. Sometimes we gotta figure things out for ourselves - even if it does become our own downfall. It produces growth. I have learned a lot by failure instead of always getting things right. This is one of my favorites so thank you for taking a look. My own personal favorite is White Midnight.
It was the first poem I ever took my time with. One phase at a time before I even contemplated poetry. LOL  
It's an old one but it helped me grow as a writer. Taking things serious and really thinking about what I want to say and put down on paper.

I know what you mean... I've fallen more than a few times while trying to figure things out over the years. But I always get back on my feet and rise higher for the knowledge gained from mistakes past. One my first poems ever was something I wrote for my cousin Carey when she was feeling depressed one night. It was a poem about the elements, and the elemental forces of nature, and how we can learn from them and become stronger for that learning. I wrote it back when I was only like sixteen years old, and she was fifteen at the time. I gave it to her to keep, though many of the more meaningful concepts from it got reworked in my other elemental-related poems over the years once I started writing poetry in a more serious manner. Just like how my first serious attempts at art were drawings I did of Transformers characters and Marvel Superheroes back when I was twelve. They look kind of silly to me now, those old images... well, the ones that survived my teen years anyway... but it is interesting to see in them the genesis of what would become my later more successful attempts to create visual art. In those ways too, we learn by doing! And sometimes, we can accomplish more than we might expect thereby.

I totally agree. At first it was kinda scary taking that leap but
how else do you learn to fly right? Coming on this site has really helped looking at different formats and word play. The more you
do it the easier it becomes.
What a special moment for your cousin. That is awesome - I bet she treasures that moment as well. Just knowing you're not alone helps but the fact that you took the time to write something - that shows love and such great moral character:)