Notes About The Poem
For: Lilith Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Silent One 
Lilith, a woodcut on paper by Ernst Barlach, c. 1922.
Lilith
Wildcats and hyenas will hunt together, demons will scream to demons, [the lilith also shall settle there...] and creatures of the night will live among the ruins [of Edom]. ~Isaiah 34:14 CEV, Darby
Evil lies,
for Lilith you are
a demon's
dire device,
sent straight from the devil's pit
to beguile fair Eve
and Adam;
the fools of Eden
fast succumbed
to the lure
of your beauty, ignoring
the tongue of the snake
speaking God-
damned words of deceit;
Did God not
say you can
be like us if you eat from
the tree? So eat, know
and follow
us, gain all knowledge
and wisdom;
beautiful
Lilith will be your one guide~
straight into hellfire
if only
they'd known it, if ears
had listened
and heard it,
that God's pre-given love gift
was kinship with Him.
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