The Tree Of Knowledge Poem by Brian Taylor

The History of man
since Genesis 3: 1-10

ANCIENT UNSOLVED PROBLEM

MANFRED: But grief should be the instructor of the wise;
Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most
Must mourn the deepest o’er the fatal truth,
The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.

FINAL PRACTICAL SOLUTION

GNOME:
To cleanse yourself of Theft,
you must, at the very least,
give up the stolen item,
in its entirety.

How many of the “Wise,
instructed by Grief”,
have ever achieved this
“in its entirety”?

Give up all your knowledge
“in its entirety”
including this knowledge
“in its entirety”,
while still alive.

Since sorrow is knowledge,
this is the end of sorrow.

The Tree of Life
is then seen,
invitingly close,
just inside the gates
of the New Garden of Eden.

No Cherubims
or “flaming sword which turned every way”.

Just an ancient discarded snakeskin
hanging on the gate
as you stroll in.