Press play before you read. Salute.
(A lone voice whispers)
Promise and say you'll not forget me after this great fall
Even though you might still think for a 130 years
I unjustly put you
My beloved family through it all
What you didn't really know
I always prayed I wouldn't have to put you all into that new Eden
Of seemingly endless night falls but I had no choice
So just say you'll still love me and although I know
Way deep down inside
We'll never be the same as like before we first left the great garden
Even though you might still think for a 130 years
I unjustly put you
My beloved family through it all
What you didn't really know
I always prayed I wouldn't have to put you all into that new Eden
Of seemingly endless night falls but I had no choice
So just say you'll still love me and although I know
Way deep down inside
We'll never be the same as like before we first left the great garden
And went on a crazy ride
Just don’t forget how I cried when you called out
When we spoke on the last night in spirit before I died
My heart may still no longer beat your name and my soul may try to carry on
But maybe this time around
I can only hope memories of my old love
Will still carry me to you
To try to help you pull through
So take whatever you might need
To reach new places wherever you may have to go
For our old life might have suddenly come to an end but we still even now
Both need to grow
And all we can sometimes do
Is treasure those much-loved memories
We both in quiet moments
Still try to cling onto
Whenever they appear calling to us
Right of the blue
Just remember me your old lover and friend once known as Adam
Just reborn in here
The Great In-Between and now just known as Brother Bartholomew
Who once loved you when we first met under that big old apple tree
Before the circus of living began so many thousands of years ago
When we were both young and free
Filled with wild dreams of the future like anyone else
If they were born grown-up
Like from day one looking like they were both twenty-two
It's why I'm appearing here in this scrying mirror
Whispering this story to reach you
For it's been spoken before I ascend
This is my last chance to talk
To my true love who was my second and third committed friend
So wade in the greywater with my children
For I'll be waiting in here until rebirth at the very end
So wade in the greywater with my children
I know you are watching my Evey and reading
Just standing hidden in front of the many billions
By the right hand of the eternal pilgrim
So wade into the water for I'll always be waiting
Copyright John Duffy
A semi-poetic monologue based on if Adam, could speak to his beloved Eve, once more. Salute.
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