This poignant transmission explores the profound duality of human existence, contrasting a lifelong romantic ideal with the devastating reality of sudden loss and grief.
Structurally, the transmission relies on an extended metaphor built around the "stages of the day" (Dawn, Twilight, Night) to map out the journey of a relationship from its youthful inception to its ultimate fate.
The Intrusion of the Serpent (The Nāḥāš):
The tone shifts dramatically with the introduction of the Nāḥāš (the Hebrew word for the serpent in the Garden of Eden).
This choice of language is deliberate and powerful.
By framing the tragedy as a smiling, deceptive serpent or a "dark thief in the night," the transmission elevates a personal loss into a cosmic, archetypal betrayal.
It implies that the destruction of this perfect love is akin to the Fall of Man.
An expulsion from paradise.
(A lone voice whispers)
In the Dawn of Life,
Maybe even at high school
Did you embrace one of life's golden rules
To hold hands, encouraged by first love's sweet kiss
To carry you through to the supercool, Twilight of your Life
With the only true one, whose love has never cooled:
And if you're still incredibly lucky, brings you such bliss
Or did the Shadows of Life appear
Smiling like a Nāḥāš
Like a dark thief in the night
To take back God's divine gift, and leave you scrambling and grieving
Daydreaming of the Dawn and Twilight of your Life
Before something cruel caused you to separate and drift
When everything seemed so perfect and nice
Before the cut of The Shadows of Life's sharp, ceremonial knife
(C) Copyright John Duffy
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