I opened my eyes
And saw only darkness.
The core of forbidden fruit,
Lying in thorns and thistles.
Sinking in soil like teeth,
Injecting all its venom.
Writhing from its deadly sting,
Our groaning earth recoils.
The brokenness of this world,
Brings longing up to surface.
I closed my eyes
And saw New Eden.
Autumn leaves brightly glowing;
Linnea, with lifted head.
An antidote of living water,
Flashes like ancient gems.
Flowing from that bright place,
My dry eyes begin to drown.
The tears that blur this world,
Bring Eden into focus.
There rests a snake-less garden,
Where the wolf and lamb carouse.
There is fellowship unbroken,
And every knee is bowed.
There, new names await for us,
And on our foreheads, His.
Tears will then be wiped away,
And eyes will open again.
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