Adam: All Our Innocence Gone
For Suzette’s Roundel contest based on Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
As I watch you depart from my life
And your tempter is leading you on,
It appears you forget you’re my wife,
All our innocence gone.
I could try to repair what is wrong,
But the serpent is twisting the knife
As you dance to the tune of its song.
I am begging you, ‘Please end this strife,’
But the apple’s appeal is so strong,
And the sin of the world will be rife:
All our innocence gone.
Copyright © Jack Horne | Year Posted 2013
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