Adam

25/03/2021 – Poem a Day Compilation



There’s something very odd

About the story of Adam and Eve

And that is the blame that is laid

Upon the shoulders of the Eve

Yet Adam seems to be

This tag along character

Beguiled by the wiles of a woman

Created to be his companion

By an omnipotent deity

Who could not foresee

The fall of his own creations.



I suppose it’s not all that odd

When you really think about it

And the people who penned

The stories of creation

Because they were all men

Wanting to rule over the land

And its people

Regardless of the consequences

That would be felt for centuries

Into the future

And all over the world



Their male deity could do no wrong

Nor their male first created

Even the saviour who would come

So many years later

Was born male

And so many of the noteworthy characters

From Noah to Abraham to Moses

They are all of the masculine description

With women playing second fiddle

Or being portrayed as evil temptresses

Not to be trusted in the least.



So let’s revisit how we see Adam

And how we look upon Eve

With the choice to eat the apple

Squarely upon both their shoulders

Placed there to tempt them

By a deity who already knew the outcome

And created the human race

As a plaything for his amusement

Or perhaps it’s all a figment of the imagination

Of ancient and long forgotten men

To keep their women underfoot