Far now from Eden, memory almost lost
Of what we were and of the shameful deed,
The crime, for which we suffer.
Listen to me.
Your father has forsaken you.
Come down from that cross, Jesus.
Admit the truth.
God’s, not mankind’s, was the original sin.
Teach us to love,
Human in spite of Him
This composition is published as part of our Refugee: Poems of Courage collection, presented in collaboration with Poems Not Bombs, part of the Forest Poets collective.
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