Resurrection
Come slowly—
Eden lies behind us
in the dusk dimmed by tears
slowly the pathway winds
along the barren hillsides
Come slowly—
Eden is forever lost
dawn is waiting
caught and bound by the horizon
drops of light fall on your face
Come slowly—
Eden is simply a story now
you and I will find a river
plant our stolen seeds along its banks
and birth ourselves and Paradise again
Pamela Olson, 11/15/09
For One Single Impression’s prompt
“reincarnation” and from a line by
Emily Dickinson, “Come slowly—Eden!”
from “The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson”
edited by Thomas H. Johnson; Poem #211
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