The Relevant Secrets Poem by Barry Middleton

the relevant secrets elude me
the tree of life and knowledge
alas banned for unknown motives

if gods had looked the other way
forgiving me my minor indiscretion
then I would never have to die

a rose sheds a tear
embers of the fire are spent
the garden in snow

my frightened heart cries for life
beyond the clouds an icy mystery
chills the blossom of all eternity

the breath of the goddess waits
again to share the apple's kiss
a taste mortality denied my lips